[
US
/ˈpɪt/
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[ UK /pˈɪt/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪt/ ]
NOUN
- an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
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a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
they dug a pit to bury the body -
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Hell is paved with good intentions
Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
a demon from the depths of the pit -
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit' - a trap in the form of a concealed hole
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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
you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking - (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
- (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
- lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
- a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
- a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
VERB
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mark with a scar
The skin disease scarred his face permanently -
set into opposition or rivalry
He plays his two children off against each other
pit a chess player against the Russian champion
let them match their best athletes against ours -
remove the pits from
pit plums and cherries
How To Use pit In A Sentence
- There were 42 free-kicks, two penalties, four bookings and three players sent off, two of whom had to be escorted from the pitch by police.
- According to police and prosecutors, the two got into a fight after she told him he should be committed to a mental hospital.
- Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. The Complete Father Brown
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- I again affirm that I need make no apology for attaching my name to that of one so worthy the esteem of his co-dogs, ay, and co-cats too; for in spite of the differences which have so often raised up a barrier between the members of his race and ours, not even the noblest among us could be degraded by raising a "mew" to the honour of such a thoroughly honest dog. The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
- There is so much to enjoy here that it is a pity that a good deal of the information imparted is demonstrably wrong. The Times Literary Supplement
- Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
- I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
- Confident, tanned and talkative, he looked the epitome of the champion he longs to be again. Times, Sunday Times