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half-dugout vs pithouse

pithouse vs half-dugout

half-dugout and pithouse both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
half-dugout Yes No No No
pithouse Yes No No No
As nouns, pithouse is a hypernym of half-dugout; that is, pithouse is a word with a broader meaning than half-dugout:
  • half-dugout: a primitive shelter, often temporary, having a significant portion of its structure dug below ground level; commonly has sod walls and a sod roof.
  • pithouse: 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.
Other hypernyms of half-dugout include dug-out, dugout, pit-house.
half-dugout (noun) pithouse (noun)
a primitive shelter, often temporary, having a significant portion of its structure dug below ground level; commonly has sod walls and a sod roof. 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.
Difference between half-dugout and pithouse

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