dugouts

Players' sideline seats

Dugouts are shelters dug into the ground or a hillside, often used for military protection or basic habitation.

In baseball, a dugout is the sunken bench area where players and coaches sit when not on the field: The manager paced the dugout.

A dugout canoe is a boat carved from a single log, hollowed out to form the hull.

canoe

log

Sectioned tree trunk

  • paddleFlat-bladed water tool
  • hullOuter covering or frame
  • carvingShaping by cutting away

hollowed · birchbark · adze · indigenous · pirogue · waka · outrigger · river · fishing · poling

baseball

bench

Shared seating surface

coach · sideline · lineup · roster · pinch hitter · relief pitcher · batting order · home team · visitors · spitting

shelter

trench

Long narrow excavation

fortification · wartime · earthen · covered · sandbags · military · soldiers · refuge · concealment · bombproof

storage

cellar

Underground storage room

earthen · cool · preserved · potatoes · vegetables · provisions · storm shelter · prairie · homestead · sod

Categories
Opposites
seating location in sports venues

dugoutsstands

Remains upright; tolerates

bleachers · grandstands · spectator seating · upper deck · press box

watercraft construction method

dugoutskayaks

Enclosed paddle craft

catamarans · canoes · sailboats · motorboats · yachts

shelter construction sophistication

dugoutshigh-rises

Multi-story urban buildings

skyscrapers · mansions · towers · palaces · treehouses

Phrases
Family

dugout

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G