| NOUN | object | pit, cavity | a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) |
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| shape | pit, fossa | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | |
| plant | pit, stone, endocarp | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | |
| cognition | pit, Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil | |
| artifact | pit | an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | |
| artifact | pit | (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | |
| artifact | pit | (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | |
| artifact | pit, pitfall | a trap in the form of a concealed hole | |
| artifact | pit, quarry, stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | |
| artifact | pit, orchestra pit | lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | |
| artifact | pit, colliery | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | |
| VERB | competition | pit, oppose, match, play off | set into opposition or rivalry |
| contact | pit, scar, mark, pock | mark with a scar | |
| change | pit, stone | remove the pits from |
| Sounds | pih't | |
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| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | A sizeable hole (usually in the ground). | |
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| Example | "they dug a pit to bury the body" | |
| Synonym | cavity | |
| Narrower | barbecue pit | A pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat |
| borrow pit | A pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site | |
| divot | (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke | |
| fire pit | A pit whose floor is incandescent lava | |
| quicksand | A pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down | |
| sandpit | A large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug | |
| sawpit | A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw | |
| tar pit | A natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth | |
| trou-de-loup | A sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy / enemy | |
| Broader | hole, hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter |
| Spanish | brecha, cavidad, fosa, foso, hoyo, pozo | |
| Catalan | cavitat, clot, fossa, sot | |
| Meaning | A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression). | |
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| Synonym | fossa | |
| Narrower | glenoid fossa, glenoid cavity | The concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint |
| glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa | A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible | |
| pit of the stomach, epigastric fossa | A slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) | |
| Broader | cavity, bodily cavity, cavum | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus / sinus within the body |
| concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | A shape that curves or bends inward | |
| Spanish | hoyo | |
| Catalan | clot | |
| Verbs | pit | mark with a scar |
| Meaning | The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed. | |
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| Synonyms | stone, endocarp | |
| Narrower | cherry stone | The stone seed of a cherry |
| peach pit | The stone seed of a peach | |
| Broader | pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
| Spanish | endocarpio, endocarpo, hueso | |
| Catalan | endocarpi, pinyol | |
| Verbs | pit | remove the pits from |
| Meaning | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. | |
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| Example | "a demon from the depths of the pit" | |
| Synonyms | Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region | |
| Category | Christianity, Christian religion | A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior |
| Narrower | Gehenna, Tartarus | A place where the wicked are punished after death |
| hellfire, red region | A place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned | |
| Broader | imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place | A place that exists only in imagination |
| Opposite | Heaven | The abode of God and the angels |
| Spanish | infierno, perdición | |
| Catalan | infern, perdició | |
| Meaning | An enclosure in which animals are made to fight. | |
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| Narrower | cockpit | A pit for cockfights |
| Broader | enclosure | A structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed / enclosed for some purpose |
| Meaning | (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on. | |
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| Part of | commodity exchange, commodities exchange, commodities market | An exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
| Broader | area | A part of a structure having some specific characteristic / characteristic or function |
| Meaning | (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled. | |
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| Category | auto racing, car racing | The sport of racing automobiles |
| Broader | area | A part of a structure having some specific characteristic / characteristic or function |
| Spanish | pit | |
| Meaning | A trap in the form of a concealed hole. | |
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| Synonym | pitfall | |
| Broader | trap | A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned |
| Meaning | A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate. | |
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| Example | "a British term for 'quarry' is 'stone pit'" | |
| Synonyms | quarry, stone pit | |
| Narrower | chalkpit, chalk pit | A quarry for chalk |
| gravel pit | A quarry for gravel | |
| Broader | excavation | A hole in the ground made by excavating |
| Spanish | cantera | |
| Catalan | cantera, pedrera | |
| Meaning | Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers. | |
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| Synonym | orchestra pit | |
| Part of | theater, theatre, house | A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented |
| Broader | area | A part of a structure having some specific characteristic / characteristic or function |
| Spanish | orquesta, orquestra | |
| Catalan | orquestra | |
| Meaning | A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. | |
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| Synonym | colliery | |
| Parts | coal mine, coalpit | A mine where coal is dug from the ground |
| mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted | |
| Broader | workplace, work | A place where work is done |
| Spanish | hullera, mina de carbón | |
| Catalan | mina de carbó | |
| Meaning | Set into opposition or rivalry. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "pit a chess player against the Russian champion" | |
| Synonyms | oppose, match, play off | |
| Broader | confront, face | Oppose, as in hostility or a competition |
| Spanish | medirse con, oponer | |
| Meaning | mark with a scar. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | scar, mark, pock | |
| Entails | incise | make an incision / incision into by carving or cutting |
| Narrower | cicatrize, cicatrise | form a scar, after an injury |
| pockmark | mark with or as if with pockmarks | |
| Broader | deface, disfigure, blemish | mar or spoil the appearance of |
| Similar to | score, nock, mark | make small marks into the surface of |
| Spanish | marcar, señalar | |
| Catalan | marcar, senyalar | |
| Nouns | pit | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) |
| pitting | the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion | |
| Meaning | remove the pits from. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "pit plums and cherries" | |
| Synonym | stone | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | deshuesar, despepitar | |
| Catalan | espinyolar | |
| Nouns | pit | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed |
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