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| pitted | |
| 1. adj. Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate |  |
| 2. adj. (of fruit) Having had the pits removed | |
| pit | |
| 1. n. A hole in the ground. | |
| 2. n. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. | |
| 3. n. (music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where th | |
| 4. n. A mine. | |
| 5. n. (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 precis | |
| 6. n. (trading) A trading pit. | |
| 7. n. The bottom part of something. | |
| I felt pain in the pit of my stomach. | |
| 8. n. (colloquial) Armpit. | |
| 9. n. (aviation) A luggage hold. | |
| 10. n. A small surface hole or depression, a fossa. | |
| 11. n. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. | |
| 12. n. The grave, or underworld. | |
| 13. n. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. | |
| 14. n. Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parq | |
| 15. n. (gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games. | |
| 16. n. (slang) A pit bull terrier. | |
| I'm taking one of my pits to the vet on Thursday. | |
| 17. n. (in the with the, slang) (only used in, the pits). | |
| His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business. | |
| 18. v. To make pits in. | |
| Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal. | |
| 19. v. To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting. | |
| 20. v. To bring (something) into opposition with something else. | |
| Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles? | |
| 21. v. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc. | |
| 22. n. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit. | |
| 23. n. A shell in a drupe containing a seed. | |
| 24. n. The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it. | |
| 25. v. To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe. | |
| One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie. | |
| 26. n. (informal) A pit bull terrier. | |
