How to pronounce dugout
American English pronunciation
DUG-owt
- IPA
- /ˈdʌɡaʊt/
- Syllables
- DUG · owt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What dugout means
Most people know dugout in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A canoe made by hollowing out a log
In a sentence: The fisherman paddled a dugout that he had carved from a single tree trunk.
Where it comes from: It comes from dug out, because the boat is made by digging out the inside of a log.
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