Pit

[pɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; 'a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit''.

(noun.) a trap in the form of a concealed hole.

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

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

(noun.) an enclosure in which animals are made to fight.

(noun.) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); 'they dug a pit to bury the body'.

(noun.) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).

(verb.) remove the pits from; 'pit plums and cherries'.

(verb.) 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'.

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Definition

(n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

(n.) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal 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.

(n.) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.

(n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.

(n.) A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.

(n.) A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

(n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.

(n.) See Pit of the stomach (below).

(n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

(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.

(n.) An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

(n.) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.

(n.) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.

(v. t.) To place or put into a pit or hole.

(v. t.) To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.

(v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

Edited by Griffith

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Excavation, hole, cavity, hollow, indentation, dent, dint, depression, dimple.[2]. Gulf, abyss.[3]. Parquet, parterre.

Edited by Katy

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Hollow, gulf, trench, excavation,[See ABYSS]

Typed by Ethan

Definition

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.

Editor: Shanna