DICTOMETER

PIT

(pit, derrumbadero, hornacho, hoyo, pozo, zanja, avgrunn, bratt skrent, fordypning, grop, gruve, grøft, hull, sjakt)

1. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Cavity
   Definitions:
   • a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
   Examples:
   • They dug a pit to bury the body
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Fossa
   Definitions:
   • a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Stone
   • Pit
   • Endocarp
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hell
   • Perdition
   • Inferno
   • Infernal region
   • Nether region
   • Pit
   Definitions:
   • (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil
   • where sinners suffer eternal punishment
   Examples:
   • Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell- John Milton
   • A demon from the depths of the pit
   • Hell is paved with good intentions-Dr. Johnson
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   Definitions:
   • an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   Definitions:
   • (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   Definitions:
   • (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Pitfall
   Definitions:
   • a trap in the form of a concealed hole
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Quarry
   • Stone pit
   Definitions:
   • a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
   Examples:
   • A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Orchestra pit
    • Pit
    Definitions:
    • lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Colliery
    • Pit
    Definitions:
    • a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Oppose
   • Match
   • Play off
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Scar
   • Mark
   • Pock
   • Pit
   Definitions:
   • mark with a scar
   Examples:
   • The skin disease scarred his face permanently
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Pit
   • Stone
   Definitions:
   • remove the pits from
   Examples:
   • Pit plums and cherries