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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: pit

1
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a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
mark with a scar
2
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(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
set into opposition or rivalry
3
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the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
remove the pits from
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: pit
1

n a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

“they dug a pit to bury the body”
Synonyms:
cavity
Types:
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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
(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke
fire pit
a pit whose floor is incandescent lava
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
tar pit
a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved
Type of:
hole, hollow
a depression hollowed out of solid matter

n a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Synonyms:
pitfall
Type of:
trap
a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

n a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Synonyms:
colliery
Type of:
work, workplace
a place where work is done

n a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

“a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'”
Synonyms:
quarry, stone pit
Types:
chalk pit, chalkpit
a quarry for chalk
gravel pit
a quarry for gravel
Type of:
excavation
a hole in the ground made by excavating

n lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

Synonyms:
orchestra pit
Type of:
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

n (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

Type of:
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

n (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

Type of:
area
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

n a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Synonyms:
fossa
Types:
glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa
the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa
a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach
a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
Type of:
bodily cavity, cavity, cavum
(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
a shape that curves or bends inward

v mark with a scar

Synonyms:
mark, pock, scar
mark, nock, score
make small marks into the surface of
Types:
pockmark
mark with or as if with pockmarks
cicatrise, cicatrize
form a scar, after an injury
Type of:
blemish, deface, disfigure
mar or spoil the appearance of
2

n (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

“a demon from the depths of the pit”
Synonyms:
Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition
Antonyms:
Heaven
the abode of God and the angels
Types:
Gehenna, Tartarus
a place where the wicked are punished after death
hellfire, red region
a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
Type of:
fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place
a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings

n an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

Types:
cockpit
a pit for cockfights
Type of:
enclosure
a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

v set into opposition or rivalry

“pit a chess player against the Russian champion”
Synonyms:
match, oppose, play off
Type of:
confront, face
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
3

n the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Synonyms:
endocarp, stone
Types:
peach pit
the stone seed of a peach
cherry stone
the stone seed of a cherry
Type of:
pericarp, seed vessel
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

v remove the pits from

“pit plums and cherries”
Synonyms:
stone
Type of:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
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