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Noun
- a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
- lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
- a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole
- (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
- (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
- an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
- (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
- 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
- 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
- a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
- they dug a pit to bury the body
Verb
- mark with a scar
- The skin disease scarred his face permanently
- 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