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Definition 1:
A hole in the ground usually made by digging .
Examples:
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.
Definition 2:
A large, deep hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are dug out see also sandpit.
Examples:
A gravel/chalk/tar pit
Definition 3:
A coal mine.
Definition 4:
Something that uses up or holds a very large amount of money, food, information, etc. .
Examples:
My house is such a money pit—I’m always paying for repairs on it!
My brother’s stomach is a bottomless pit. [=my brother eats constantly]
The Internet is a bottomless pit of information. [=the Internet contains a great amount of information]
Definition 5:
An area separated from and often placed below the areas next to it: such as.
Definition 6:
An outdoor area where food is cooked .
Examples:
A barbecue pit
Definition 7:
An area where particular investments are traded .
Examples:
The oil futures pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange
Definition 8:
An area where animals are brought to fight.
Definition 9:
The space in a theater where an orchestra plays .
Examples:
The conductor walked down into the (orchestra) pit and stood at the podium.
Definition 10:
An area of dirt or grass used for playing certain games .
Examples:
A horseshoe pit
Definition 11:
mosh pit.
Definition 12:
An area beside a racetrack used for servicing cars during a race usually plural see also pit stop.
Examples:
The driver stopped in the pits to refuel.
Definition 13:
A small hole or dent on the surface of something .
Examples:
The car’s door was covered with pits and scratches.
The boy had pits [=pockmarks] on his face.
Definition 14:
A very bad or unpleasant place or situation usually + of .
Examples:
The downtown area is a pit of depression/despair/hopelessness.
Definition 15:
Something that is very bad or unpleasant .
Examples:
You caught the flu on your birthday? That’s the pits! [=that is awful]
This rainy weather is the absolute pits. [=I hate this rainy weather]
I usually like her movies, but her most recent one is really the pits! [=her most recent one is terrible]
Definition 16:
armpit.
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