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pit

noun
  1. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
    colliery
  2. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
    orchestra pit
  3. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
    “a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'”
    quarry
  4. a trap in the form of a concealed hole
    pitfall
  5. (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
  6. (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
  7. an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
  8. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil
    infernal regionperditionnether region
  9. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
    “they dug a pit to bury the body”
    cavity
  10. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
    stone
  11. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
    fossa
verb
  1. remove the pits from
    “pit plums and cherries”
    stone
  2. set into opposition or rivalry
    matchopposeplay off
  3. mark with a scar
    mark