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Words with a similar base: orchestra_pit, pit, pitfall, stone_pit

'pit'

[pit.n.01] as in: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

Examples:
they dug a pit to bury the body

'pit'

[pit.n.02] as in: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

'pit'

[stone.n.06] as in: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Examples:
you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

'pit'

[hell.n.03] as in: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; - John Milton; ; -Dr.

Johnson

Examples:
Hurl'd headlong...To

bottomless perdition, there to dwell
a demon from the depths of the pit
Hell is paved with good intentions

'pit'

[pit.n.05] as in: an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

'pit'

[pit.n.06] as in: (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

'pit'

[pit.n.07] as in: (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

'pit'

[pit.n.08] as in: a trap in the form of a concealed hole

'pit'

[pit.n.09] as in: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

Examples:
a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

'pit'

[orchestra_pit.n.01] as in: lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

'pit'

[colliery.n.01] as in: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

'pit'

[pit.v.01] as in: set into opposition or rivalry

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

'pit'

[scar.v.01] as in: mark with a scar

Examples:
The skin disease scarred his face permanently

'pit'

[pit.v.03] as in: remove the pits from

Examples:
pit plums and cherries

Origins

					pit (English)
└── pit (Dutch)
    └── pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))