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- DictionaryPit/pit/
noun
- 1. a large hole in the ground.
- 2. a hollow or indentation in a surface.
verb
- 1. set someone or something in conflict or competition with: "a chance to pit herself against him"
- 2. make a hollow or indentation in the surface of: "rain poured down, pitting the bare earth"
1. A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground. 2. a. An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine. b. The shaft of a mine. 3. A concealed hole in the ground used as a trap; a pitfall. 4. A small indentation in a surface: pits in a windshield. 5. a. A natural hollow or depression in the body or an organ. b.
A pit is a hole in the ground, like the one in Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” that the narrator tries not to fall into. A pit can also be smaller indentation. There’s also a pit hiding inside a peach. Pit is a word with a wide variety of meanings.
Pit definition, a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground: pits caused by erosion;clay pits. See more.
2 days ago · 1.countable noun. A pit is the underground part of a mine, especially a coal mine. 2.countable noun. A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground. This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.
Britannica Dictionary definition of PIT. 1. [count] : a hole in the ground usually made by digging. The explorers discovered a burial pit containing human bones. The impact of the meteor created a huge pit. [= crater] The hikers dug a pit for the fire. 2. [count] a : a large, deep hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are dug out.
a place where coal is dug out from under the ground: Thousands of jobs were lost as more pits closed. the pits. UK (US the pit) the place where racing cars stop to be repaired or filled with fuel during a race. be the pits informal. to be very bad: Our hotel was the absolute pits.
home. British & World English. pit. There are 2 main definitions of pit in English: pit1. pit2. pit 1. Pronunciation: /pɪt/ noun. 1 a large hole in the ground. Example sentences Synonyms. 1.1 a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are quarried: a gravel pit. More example sentences.
