how to pronounce dugout

/ˈdʌˌɡaʊt/

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dugout is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of dugout in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and stares at the dugout and i'm looking …”

meanings of dugout

noun:

A sunken shelter at the side of a baseball or football (soccer) field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.
A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff.
A device used to smoke marijuana.
A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.
A pit dug into the ground as a shelter, especially from enemy fire.

dugout frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dugout occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dugout can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dugout can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;