Pit

Quick meaning: Pit is a noun meaning A hole in the ground.

Meaning

A hole in the ground.

More Meanings

1. (motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
2. (trading) A trading pit.
3. (colloquial) An armpit.
4. (aviation) A luggage hold.
5. (archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
6. (music) The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

Example Sentences

He keepeth back his soul from the pit.

as fiercely as two game-cocks in the pit

Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.

The meadow around the town is full of old pits.

Word Forms

• pits
• pitting
• pitted

Synonyms for pit

Depending on context, synonyms include stone, pyrena, pyrene, pip, pibble, pittie.

Antonyms for pit

Common opposites include land.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cavity, quarry, colliery, stone, pitfall, mark.

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