Word Meaning

pit definition and meaning

n. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
n. The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
n. A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.
n. A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
n. Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
n. A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
n. A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
n. The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.
n. See Pit of the stomach (below).
n. The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
n. Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
n. An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
n. The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
n. A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
v. t. To place or put into a pit or hole.
v. t. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
v. t. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

Crossword clues for pit

- Coal Mine
- Coalmine
- Colliery
- Deep chasm
- Deep hole
- Dog, ... bull terrier
- Enclosure for snakes, bears and theatre musicians
- Excavation
- Floor (of stomach)
- Fruit stone
- In spite of colliery
- Mine
- Mining excavation
- Olive stone
- Pockmark
- Stone (olives)
- Stone is mine
- The shaft of a mine
- Tip-off from coal mine
- When bottomless it’s hell for the orchestra