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The synonyms of “Pit” are: hell, infernal region, inferno, perdition, orchestra pit, cavity, pitfall, fossa, endocarp, stone, quarry, stone pit, colliery, hole, ditch, trench, trough, hollow, shaft, mineshaft, excavation, pothole, rut, coal mine, workings, diggings, pockmark, pock, mark, indentation, depression, dent, dint, concavity, dimple, match, oppose, play off, scar, set against, match against, put in opposition to, put in competition with, measure against, make holes in, make hollows in, indent, depress
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pit” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| cavity | A natural hollow or sinus within the body. The abdominal cavity. |
| coal mine | Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period. |
| colliery | A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. |
| concavity | The state or quality of being concave. The concavity of her stomach. |
| dent | A reduction in amount or size. There was a hideous dent in the front passenger door. |
| depression | A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention. She was referred by a psychiatrist treating her for depression. |
| diggings | Temporary living quarters. Hills scarred with peat diggings. |
| dimple | A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached. A new golf ball with a different dimple pattern. |
| dint | Interchangeable with `means’ in the expression `by means of. I perceive you feel the dint of pity. |
| ditch | A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water. Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch. |
| endocarp | The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed. |
| excavation | The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site. There s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton. |
| fossa | A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression. |
| hole | An opening deliberately made in or through something. He played 18 holes. |
| hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter. A hollow at the base of a large tree. |
| indentation | The action of indenting or the state of being indented. An indentation for each change of speaker. |
| infernal region | An inhabitant of Hell. |
| inferno | A place or situation that is too hot, chaotic, or noisy. The inferno of the Friday evening rush hour. |
| mark | A figure or letter representing the total number of marks awarded in an examination or competition and signifying a person s score. The highest mark was 98 per cent. |
| mineshaft | A deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine. One member of this party almost vanished down a hidden disused mineshaft. |
| orchestra pit | Seating on the main floor in a theater. |
| perdition | The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment- John Milton. She used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition. |
| pitfall | A hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty. The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions. |
| pock | A pockmark. |
| pockmark | A pitted scar or mark on the skin left by a pustule or spot. Pockmarks and gouges in the brickwork. |
| pothole | A deep circular hole in a riverbed formed by the erosion of the rock by the rotation of stones in an eddy. Upstream were potholes from the recent rains where a pair of herons stood. |
| quarry | Animal hunted or caught for food. A British term for quarry is stone pit. |
| rut | A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape. They fell into a conversational rut. |
| shaft | A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar. She threw shafts of sarcasm. |
| stone | A piece of stone shaped for a purpose especially one of commemoration ceremony or demarcation. High stone walls. |
| stone pit | A lack of feeling or expression or movement. |
| trench | A trench coat. Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire. |
| trough | A channel used to convey a liquid. A vast glacial trough. |
| workings | A mine or quarry that is being or has been worked. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pit” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| dent | Mark with a dent. He hit a concrete bollard denting the wing. |
| depress | Lessen the activity or force of. The rising inflation depressed the economy. |
| dint | Mark (a surface) with dents or hollows. The metal was dull and dinted. |
| hole | Make holes in. A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started. |
| indent | Bind by or as if by indentures as of an apprentice or servant. Indent the documents. |
| make holes in | Create or manufacture a man-made product. |
| make hollows in | Consider as being. |
| mark | Designate as if by a mark. Mark my words. |
| match | Make equal uniform corresponding or matching. Matchmaker can you match my daughter with a nice young man. |
| match against | Be equal to in quality or ability. |
| measure against | Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of. |
| oppose | Disagree with and attempt to prevent, especially by argument. A majority of the electorate opposed EC membership. |
| play off | Use or move. |
| pock | Mark with a scar. |
| pothole | Produce potholes in the ground. The road is being torn up and potholed by passing trucks. |
| put in competition with | Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. |
| put in opposition to | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
| scar | Form or be marked with a scar. His arm will not scar. |
| set against | Set in type. |
| stone | Build face or pave with stone. The honey stoned eighteenth century city. |
| abyss | A wide or profound difference between people; a gulf. Satan s dark abyss. |
| archaeologist | A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains. Chinese archaeologists uncovered life sized terracotta statues. |
| burrow | Move through by or as by digging. Journalists are burrowing into the prime minister s business affairs. |
| cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. The abdominal cavity. |
| colliery | A coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it. |
| conflagration | An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property. Tinder dry conditions sparked fears of a conflagration in many drought devastated communities. |
| delve | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth. She delved in her pocket. |
| dig | An act or spell of digging. He had no compunction about digging into her private affairs. |
| dint | Force of attack; impact. The soft dints at the top of a coconut. |
| disinter | Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies. His corpse was disinterred and dumped in a pit. |
| dug | An udder or breast or teat. |
| everlasting | Any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color. The damned would suffer everlasting torment. |
| excavate | Make (a hole or channel) by digging. Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University s rowing team. |
| exhume | Expose (a land surface) that was formerly buried. Various landforms have been exhumed from beneath a covering of Triassic sediments. |
| hibernate | Be in an inactive or dormant state. Some species hibernate in tree roosts. |
| hole | Hit the ball into the hole. He played 18 holes. |
| inferno | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. The inferno of the engine room. |
| mallet | A tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing. |
| mine | Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted. The Vietnamese mined Cambodia. |
| peephole | A small hole that may be looked through, especially one in a door through which callers may be identified before the door is opened. She was wearing a black peephole bra. |
| perdition | (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. She used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition. |
| plow | Move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil. The ship plowed through the water. |
| quarry | Extract something such as stones from or as if from a quarry. Quarry marble. |
| scoop | Create a hollow or hole with or as if with a scoop. An apple pie with scoops of ice cream on top. |
| shovel | The quantity a shovel can hold. Shovel sand. |
| tomb | A place for the burial of a corpse especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone. None escape the tomb. |
| trap | Catch in or as if in a trap. I hoped to trap him into an admission. |
| underground | A member of an underground political group or movement. The late sixties underground. |
| unearth | Drive (an animal, especially a fox) out of a hole or burrow. The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President. |
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