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Definition of Pit

1. Verb. Set into opposition or rivalry. "He plays his two children off against each other"

2. Noun. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground). "They dug a pit to bury the body"

3. Verb. Mark with a scar. "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

4. Noun. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).

5. Verb. Remove the pits from. "Pit plums and cherries"

6. Noun. 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"

7. Noun. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. "Hell is paved with good intentions"

8. Noun. An enclosure in which animals are made to fight.

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

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

11. Noun. A trap in the form of a concealed hole.

12. Noun. A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate. "A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

13. Noun. Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers.

14. Noun. A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.

Definition of Pit

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

2. v. t. To place or put into a pit or hole.

Definition of Pit

1. Noun. Precision Immobilization Technique ¹

2. Noun. Pursuit Intervention Technique ¹

3. Noun. Parallel Immobilization Technique ¹

4. Noun. (computing) Programmable interval timer ¹

5. Noun. A hole in the ground. ¹

6. Noun. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. ¹

7. Noun. (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed. ¹

8. Noun. A mine. ¹

9. Noun. (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement. ¹

10. Noun. (trading) A trading pit. ¹

11. Noun. (context: in the plural with ''the'' idiomatic slang) Something particularly unpleasant. ¹

12. Noun. The bottom part of. ¹

13. Noun. (context: aviation) A luggage hold. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive) To make pits in. ¹

15. Verb. To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting. ¹

16. Verb. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else. ¹

17. Verb. (intransitive motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc. ¹

18. Noun. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit. ¹

19. Noun. A shell in a drupe containing a seed. ¹

20. Verb. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pit

1. to mark with cavities or depressions [v PITTED, PITTING, PITS]

Medical Definition of Pit

1. Region of the plant cell wall in which the secondary wall is interrupted, exposing the underlying primary cell wall. One or more plasmodesmata are usually present in the primary wall, communicating with the other half of a pit pair. May be simple or bordered, in the latter case, the secondary wall overarches the pit field. Do not confuse with coated pits. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pit

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pistonlike pistons pistou pistous pistrinum supper pit (current term) pit-a-pat pit-a-pats pit-adder pit-eye

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