pits in English

noun

1

a large hole in the ground.

I do not see any risk of these pits becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

synonyms: hole, ditch, trench, trough, hollow, excavation, cavity, crater, pothole, shaft, mineshaft, sump

2

an area reserved or enclosed for a specific activity, in particular.

3

a hollow or indentation in a surface.

The outer surface has pits , grooves, and perforations that represent traces of vascular structures.

4

the stone of a fruit.

The fruits have a pit at the end away from the stem.

synonyms: stone, pip, seed

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

synonyms: make holes in, make hollows in, dent, indent

3

drive a race car into the pits for fuel or maintenance.

He began to pick up the pace and managed to climb to 6th during the first hour before pitting for fuel and fresh tyres.

4

remove the pit from (fruit).

Leave some cherries whole so people can see later on how hard you worked pitting real cherries.

noun

hole, ditch, trench, trough, hollow, excavation, cavity, crater, pothole, shaft, mineshaft, sump
coal mine, colliery, quarry
pockmark, pock, hollow, indentation, depression, dent, dimple
stone, pip, seed
colliery
nether region, inferno, infernal region, perdition, hell
quarry, stone pit
pitfall
fossa
cavity
stone, endocarp
orchestra pit

verb

mark, make holes in, play off, pock, stone
mark, pockmark, scar, blemish, disfigure
make holes in, make hollows in, dent, indent
play off, oppose, match
pock, scar, mark
stone

Use "pits" in a sentence

1. Ashes and dust and thirst there is, and pits, pits, pits.

2. The pits of the underworld.

3. - THE BEST PITS MUST BE ENLARGED AND NEW PITS OPENED , PRIMARILY TO COMPENSATE FOR EXHAUSTED WORKINGS ,

4. Send him back to the pits!

5. It's a real shame about the pits.

6. If you died in the pits.

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8. Through a land of deserts+ and pits,

9. You even survived the horror of the pits.

10. The roulette wheels were sunk in circular pits.

11. Into deep pits,*+ never to rise again.

12. What do you know of the pits?

13. Bordered pits in the wood of Picea abies

14. The pits are made of high viscosity asphalt.

15. Boys in the Pits: Child Labour in Coal Mines.

16. My rage at injustice waxed hot as the pits.

17. There are tiny scratches and pits on the windshield.

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19. The tar pits visible today are actually from human excavation.

20. Come back when you grow some hair in your pits.

21. I fear you would have been safer in the pits.

22. They extract the mineral from open pits and underground mines.

23. For finishing pits in grassed, Bituminised or paved areas

24. Blackjack is a card game that pits player versus dealer

25. In the Cornish pits, china clay is extracted with water.

26. Obstacles are laser gates, conveyor belts, disappearing floors and fire pits.

27. I'm afraid the mud pits have stiffened my knees, royal one.

28. These pits in my skin are from when I had chickenpox.

29. Congealment, Dehydration, Fossilization in amber, Fossilization in tap pits, and Impregnation

30. Such pits are about the size of a Bacterial cell

31. (Stratiotes Alodies) at Felmersham Gravel Pits has been very active

32. These pits represent cellular debris normal removed by the spleen.

33. Synonyms for Axillae include axils, armpits, oxters, underarms, armholes and pits

34. Theo Epstein Landlord-Tenant Lawsuit Pits Scorpion Infestation Against Home-Befouling Doggo

35. Ligule pits are present on the adaxial surface of vegetative leaves.

36. 6 They extract the mineral from open pits and underground mines.

37. Vault toilet, stone stoves, fire pits, and boat-docking facilities are available.

38. In southeast England, deneholes are a notable example of ancient chalk pits.

39. Chimeneas, made in Mexico, are outdoor stand-alone fire pits built from clay

40. Apricot pits are smoother and smaller than the ones you find in peaches

41. Panda we do not wash our pits in the Pool of Sacred Tears.

42. This damage can lead to the formation of pits or holes (Cavities) and …

43. If she thinks it's cranberries tell her she's got cherry pits in her head.

44. Lundberg said raids on large Cockfighting pits in Tennessee have found the

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46. Rice had placed the federal forces behind breastworks, abatis and rifle pits.

47. Remove pits from persimmons, then scrape pulp free from skins with teaspoon.

48. By now they should be digging pits, putting bags of sand up.

49. 17 Terror and pits and traps await you, inhabitant of the land.

50. In this method refuse is dumped in pits and covered with layers of earth .