Definition of pit Pit
/pɪˈt/ - [pit] - pit
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NounPlural: pits |
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| pit - a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" | ||
| cavity | ||
| hollow, hole a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" | ||
| trou-de-loup a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy | ||
| barbecue pit a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat | ||
| borrow pit a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site | ||
| divot a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) | ||
| fire pit a pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater" | ||
| quicksand a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down | ||
| sandpit a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug | ||
| sawpit a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw | ||
| pit - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | ||
| fossa | ||
| concave shape, incurvature, concavity, incurvation a shape that curves or bends inward | ||
| bodily cavity, cavum, cavity (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body | ||
| glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint | ||
| mandibular fossa, glenoid fossa the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint | ||
| pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" | ||
| quarry, stone pit | ||
| excavation the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" | ||
| chalk pit, chalkpit a quarry for chalk | ||
| pit - (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | ||
| area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" | ||
| pit - (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | ||
| area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" | ||
| pit - an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | ||
| enclosure the act of enclosing something inside something else | ||
| pit - a trap in the form of a concealed hole | ||
| pitfall | ||
| pit - the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" | ||
| stone, endocarp | ||
| pericarp, seed vessel the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary | ||
| peach pit the stone seed of a peach | ||
| pit - (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson | ||
| Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region | ||
| heaven the abode of God and the angels | ||
| fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings | ||
| christian religion, christianity a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior | ||
| gehenna, tartarus a place where the wicked are punished after death | ||
| pit - a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | ||
| colliery | ||
| workplace, work a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today" | ||
| coal mine, coalpit a mine where coal is dug from the ground | ||
| pit - lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | ||
| orchestra pit | ||
| area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" | ||
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| pit - set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" | ||
| oppose, match, play off | ||
| confront, face deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" | ||
| pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" | ||
| stone | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| pit - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" | ||
| scar, mark, pock | ||
| nock, score, mark make underscoring marks | ||
| deface, disfigure, blemish mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" | ||
| incise make an incision into by carving or cutting | ||
| pockmark mark with or as if with pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" | ||
| cicatrise, cicatrize form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pit (Noun)
A hole in the ground. - pit (Noun)
An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. - pit (Noun)
A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam . Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed. - pit (Noun)
A mine. - pit (Noun)
A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement. - pit (Noun)
A trading pit . - pit (Noun)
Something particularly unpleasant. - pit (Noun)
The bottom part of. - pit (Noun)
armpit. - pit (Noun)
A luggage hold . - pit (Noun)
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit. - pit (Noun)
A shell in a drupe containing a seed. - pit (Verb)
To make pits in. - pit (Verb)
To put a dog into a pit for fighting. - pit (Verb)
To bring something into opposition with something else. - pit (Verb)
To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc. - pit (Verb)
To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pit (n.)
A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation - pit (n.)
The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. - pit (n.)
A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. - pit (n.)
A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. - pit (n.)
Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. - pit (n.)
A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. - pit (n.)
A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body - pit (n.)
The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. - pit (n.)
See Pit of the stomach (below). - pit (n.)
The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. - pit (n.)
Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. - pit (n.)
An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. - pit (n.)
The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. - pit (n.)
A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. - pit (v. t.)
To place or put into a pit or hole. - pit (v. t.)
To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox. - pit (v. t.)
To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pit
pit, n. a hole in the earth: a place whence minerals are dug: the bottomless pit: the grave: the abode of evil spirits: a hole used as a trap for wild beasts: the hollow of the stomach, or that under the arm at the shoulder: the indentation left by smallpox: the ground-floor of a theatre: an enclosure in which cocks fight: the shaft of a mine.—v.t. to mark with little hollows: to lay in a pit: to set in competition:—pr.p. pit′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. pit′ted.—ns. Pit′-coal, coal dug from a pit—not charcoal; Pit′-frame, the framework round a mine-shaft; Pit′-head, the ground at the mouth of a pit, and the machinery, &c., on it; Pit′man, a man who works in a coal-pit or a saw-pit, esp. the man who works the pumping machinery in the shaft of a mine: (mach.) a rod connecting a rotary with a reciprocating part.—adj. Pit′ted, marked with small pits.—ns. Pit′ting, the act of digging, or of placing in, a pit: a group of pit-marks: a corrosion of the inside of steam-boilers, &c.; Pit′-vill′age, a group of miners' houses near a pit. [A.S. pyt, pytt—L. puteus, a well.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pit
In the dockyards. See SAW-PIT.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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pit
A watch fob. He drew a rare thimble from the swell's pit. He took a handsome watch from the gentleman's fob. -
pit
To lay pit and boxes into one; an operation in midwifery or copulation, whereby the division between the anus and vagina is cut through, broken, and demolished: a simile borrowed from the playhouse, when, for the benefit of some favourite player, the pit and boxes are laid together. The pit is also the hole under the gallows, where poor rogues unable to pay the fees are buried.
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