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1. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] a sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
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Antonyms
Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
Rhymes with Pit
- transmit
- resubmit
- presplit
- recommit
- readmit
- submit
- mcnitt
- boblitt
- unfit
- splitt
- split
- savitt
- remit
- refit
- politte
- permit
- legit
- lafitte
- laffitte
- it-wit
- gillett
- douthitt
- douthit
- dewitt
- devitt
- davitt
- commit
- burditt
- befit
- admit
Quotes about pit
1. If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.
- Chuck Palahniuk
2. Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you
- Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
3. I've got the Mark of Cain,"said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?""You can kill yourself,"Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. "As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So if you were planning on teaching yourself the lambada on a greased platform over a pit full of knives, I wouldn't.""There goes my Saturday.
- Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls
2. pit
verb. ['ˈpɪt'] set into opposition or rivalry.
Antonyms
Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
3. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on.
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Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
4. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] an enclosure in which animals are made to fight.
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Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
5. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.
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Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
6. pit
verb. ['ˈpɪt'] mark with a scar.
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Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
7. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.
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Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
8. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled.
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Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
9. pit
verb. ['ˈpɪt'] remove the pits from.
Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))
10. pit
noun. ['ˈpɪt'] a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).
Synonyms
Etymology
- pit (Dutch)
- pitte (Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350))