| Noun | 1. | pit - a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"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; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" fire pit - a pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater" hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter 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-handled saw tar pit - a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved | |
| 2. | pit - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa - 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 | |
| 3. | 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; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" | |
| 4. | pit - a trap in the form of a concealed holetrap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | |
| 5. | pit - a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"trou-de-loup - a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy | |
| 6. | pit - lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performersarea - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full" | |
| 7. | pit - a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with itmine - excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today" | |
| Verb | 1. | 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"confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" | |
| 2. | pit - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" blemish, deface, disfigure - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue" pockmark - mark wit pockmarks; "Her face was pockmarked by the disease" cicatrise, cicatrize - form a scar, after an injury; "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon" | |
| 3. | pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | |