Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dug-out | Yes | No | No | No |
half-dugout | Yes | No | No | No |
dug-out (noun) | half-dugout (noun) |
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a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside. | a primitive shelter, often temporary, having a significant portion of its structure dug below ground level; commonly has sod walls and a sod roof. |