Meaning of 'pit'

noun

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

Synonyms: colliery

noun

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

Synonyms: orchestra pit

noun

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

Example: "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"

Synonyms: quarry

noun

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

Synonyms: pitfall

noun

(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

noun

(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

noun

an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

noun

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil

Synonyms: infernal region perdition nether region

noun

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

Example: "they dug a pit to bury the body"

Synonyms: cavity

noun

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Synonyms: stone

noun

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Synonyms: fossa

verb

remove the pits from

Example: "pit plums and cherries"

Synonyms: stone

verb

set into opposition or rivalry

Synonyms: match oppose play off

verb

mark with a scar

Synonyms: mark