Noun
pit -
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
cavity
hollow ,
hole a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
trou-de-loup a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy
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 a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)
fire pit a pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater"
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
pit -
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
fossa
concave shape ,
incurvature ,
concavity ,
incurvation a shape that curves or bends inward
bodily cavity ,
cavum ,
cavity (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body
glenoid cavity ,
glenoid fossa the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
mandibular fossa ,
glenoid fossa the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
pit -
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
quarry ,
stone pit
excavation the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
chalk pit ,
chalkpit a quarry for chalk
pit -
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
pit -
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
pit -
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
enclosure the act of enclosing something inside something else
pit -
a trap in the form of a concealed hole
pitfall
Verb
pit -
set into opposition or rivalry; "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"
oppose ,
match ,
play off
confront ,
face deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems" ; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
pit -
remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
stone
take away ,
remove ,
withdraw ,
take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
