Definitions for PIT

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PIT pit

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IPA: /pɪt/

Pit is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 14 anagrams from letters in PIT (ipt).

Definitions for PIT

noun

1. a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
2. a covered or concealed excavation in the ground, serving as a trap.
3. Mining. an excavation made in exploring for or removing a mineral deposit, as by open-cut methods. the shaft of a coal mine. the mine itself.
4. the abode of evil spirits and lost souls; hell:
5. the pits, Slang. an extremely unpleasant, boring, or depressing place, condition, person, etc.; the absolute worst:
6. a hollow or indentation in a surface:
7. a natural hollow or depression in the body:
8. pits, Informal. the armpits:
9. a small, depressed scar, as one of those left on the skin after smallpox or chicken pox.
10. an enclosure, usually below the level of the spectators, as for staging fights between dogs, cocks, or, formerly, bears.
11. (in a commodity exchange) a part of the floor of the exchange where trading in a particular commodity takes place:
12. Architecture. all that part of the main floor of a theater behind the musicians. British. the main floor of a theater behind the stalls. orchestra (def 2a).
13. (in a hoistway) a space below the level of the lowest floor served.
14. Auto Racing. an area at the side of a track, for servicing and refueling the cars.
15. Bowling. the sunken area of a bowling alley behind the pins, for the placement or recovery of pins that have been knocked down.
16. Track. the area forward of the takeoff point in a jumping event, as the broad jump or pole vault, that is filled with sawdust or soft earth to lessen the force of the jumper's landing.
17. the area or room of a casino containing gambling tables.
18. the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark or indent with pits or depressions:
2. to scar with pockmarks:
3. to place or bury in a pit, as for storage.
4. to set in opposition or combat, as one against another.
5. to put (animals) in a pit or enclosure for fighting.
6. to remove the pit from (a fruit or fruits):

verb (used without object)

1. to become marked with pits or depressions.
2. (of body tissue) to retain temporarily a mark of pressure, as by a finger, instrument, etc.

Origin of PIT

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English pytt Latin puteus well, pit, shaft; (v.) derivative of the noun

Examples for PIT

The two front rows of the pit, as usual, were full of critics.

He, Saunders, the despair of the girls for thirty years, had fallen into a pit of his own digging!

He watched the pit grow bigger every month, despite the numerous reports he wrote about the facility.

Abarca allegedly battered Hernandez, who was then dumped in the pit.

He said he watched waste haulers back up to the pit and unleash torrents of watery muck.

Did he not release Joseph from the pit, and raise him to princely glory?

The priests conclude that there is common ground on even the most contentious topics that pit science versus spirituality.

In several reports he urged the pit operators to safeguard the birds.

John was the first person to reach the door of the pit that afternoon.

Many examples of pit dwellings have been found by industrious explorers.