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The Meaning of pit
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(n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
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(n.) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
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(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.
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(n.) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
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(n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
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(n.) A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
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(n.) A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
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(n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.
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(n.) See Pit of the stomach (below).
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(n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
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(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.
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(n.) An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
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(n.) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
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(n.) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
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(v. t.) To place or put into a pit or hole.
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(v. t.) To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
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(v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
Synonyms
cavity
,
fossa
,
stone
,
endocarp
,
Hell
,
perdition
,
Inferno
,
infernal region
,
nether region
,
pitfall
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quarry
,
stone pit
,
orchestra pit
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colliery
,
oppose
,
match
,
play off
,
scar
,
mark
,
pock
,
stone
Antonyms
Heaven
Homophones
pitt
Rhymes
acquit
,
admit
,
armpit
,
barritt
,
befit
,
bit
,
boblitt
,
brit
,
britt
,
bullshit
,
burditt
,
chit
,
clampitt
,
cockpit
,
commit
,
counterfeit
,
dewitt
,
dewitte
,
douthit
,
douthitt
,
emit
,
fit
,
fitt
,
flit
,
fytte
,
gillett
,
goldschmidt
,
grit
,
hit
,
hitt
,
hypocrite
,
identikit
,
it
,
it-wit
,
kit
,
knit
,
lafitte
,
legit
,
lit
,
litt
,
mcnitt
,
messerschmitt
,
misfit
,
mitt
,
moonlit
,
nit
,
obit
,
omit
,
outfit
,
outwit
,
permit
,
pitt
,
plitt
,
politte
,
presplit
,
pritt
,
quit
,
readmit
,
recommit
,
remit
,
resubmit
,
retrofit
,
savitt
,
schmidt
,
schmit
,
schmitt
,
shit
,
sit
,
skit
,
slit
,
smit
,
spit
,
split
,
stitt
,
submit
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sunlit
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tidbit
,
tit
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transmit
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tritt
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unfit
,
vitt
,
whit
,
whitt
,
wit
,
witt
,
witte
,
writ