a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment connected with it
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
set into opposition or rivalry
a trap in the form of a concealed hole
an open-surface excavation for extracting stone or slate: "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches
mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
the single central seed in some fruits such as peaches and cherries enclosed in a hard woody shell
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry'' is `stone pit''"
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
