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Pit

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
A
in the ground.
●
In Motor racing:
An area at a
used for
and
the
during a race.
●
In Music:
A
of the
and other large
too large to
, such as the
. Also, the area on the
where these
are placed.
●
A mine.
●
In Archaeology:
A
or
,
, so that the
of any
and any
or
may be
by
measurement.
●
In Trading:
A
pit.
●
The
part of something.
●
Armpit.
●
In Aviation:
A
hold.
●
A small
or
, a fossa.
●
The
by a
,
smallpox.
●
The
,
or Hell.
●
An
area into which
,
, and other
are
to
, or where
are
to
rats.
●
Formerly, that part of a
,
of the
, below the level of the
and behind the
; now, in England,
the part behind the
; in the United States, the
; also, the
of such a part of a
.
●
In Gambling:
Part of a
which
for
,
,
, and other games.
●
Only used in the pits.
●
A
pit.
●
In Football (American):
The
of the line.
●
The
department.
●
In British English & Military:
A bed.
●
An
, especially an
one.
●
A
inside a
; a
or
inside a
.
●
A
in a
a seed.
●
In Military & Nuclear warfare:
The
of an
,
the
and any
or
to it.
●
A
terrier.
●
Initialism of personal
tax.
●
In Computing:
Initialism of
timer.
●
Initialism of
.: a method for
by
a
,
the
into a spin.
●
Initialism of
.: the same method for
chases.
●
Initialism of
.: the same method for
chases.

Verb

●
To make
in; to
with little hollows.
●
To
(an
) into a
for fighting.
●
To
(something) into
with something else.
●
In Motor racing:
To
to
during a
for
,
changes,
etc.
●
To
the
from a
or the
from a drupe.

Name

●
Abbreviation of Pittsburgh.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

pit
English
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pit
Dutch
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pitte
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Sourced from
Etym

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