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| 1. | [ noun ] (geography) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | |
| Synonyms: | cavity | |
| Examples: | "they dug a pit to bury the body" |
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| Related terms: | hole sawpit borrow_pit tar_pit quicksand barbecue_pit sandpit fire_pit divot | |
| 2. | [ verb ] set into opposition or rivalry | |
| Synonyms: | oppose play_off match | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | confront playoff | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a trap in the form of a concealed hole | |
| Synonyms: | pitfall | |
| Related terms: | trap | |
| 4. | [ verb ] mark with a scar | |
| Synonyms: | mark pock scar | |
| Examples: | "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
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| Related terms: | deface cicatrize scarify pockmark score scar scratch pitting pock incise | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (theater) lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | |
| Synonyms: | orchestra_pit | |
| Related terms: | area theater | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (botany) 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: | stone | |
| Related terms: | seed pericarp cherry_stone peach_pit | |
| 7. | [ verb ] remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches | |
| Synonyms: | stone | |
| Related terms: | remove endocarp | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | |
| Synonyms: | fossa | |
| Related terms: | concavity cavity pit_of_the_stomach glenoid_fossa glenoid_fossa | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | |
| Synonyms: | stone_pit quarry | |
| Examples: | : "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" |
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| Related terms: | excavation chalkpit gravel_pit trou-de-loup quarry | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (botany) 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: | stone endocarp | |
| Examples: | "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" |
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| Related terms: | pericarp cherry_stone peach_pit | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (work,mining) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | |
| Synonyms: | colliery | |
| Related terms: | workplace mine coal_mine coalmine | |
| Similar spelling: |
pity Pitt pith Pita Piute pitta pithy piety pieta Piatt PID pied |
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