Pit | Mean of pit in English Dictionary

/ˈpɪt/

• Noun
• a hole in the ground usually made by digging
1. The explorers discovered a burial pit containing human bones.
2. The impact of the meteor created a huge pit. [=crater]
3. The hikers dug a pit for the fire.
• a large, deep hole in the ground from which stones or minerals are dug out
1. a gravel/chalk/tar pit
• a coal mine

• something that uses up or holds a very large amount of money, food, information, etc.
1. My house is such a money pit —I'm always paying for repairs on it!
2. My brother's stomach is a bottomless pit. [=my brother eats constantly]
3. The Internet is a bottomless pit of information. [=the Internet contains a great amount of information]
• an area separated from and often placed below the areas next to it: such as
• an outdoor area where food is cooked
1. a barbecue pit
• an area where particular investments are traded
1. the oil futures pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange
• an area where animals are brought to fight
• the space in a theater where an orchestra plays
1. The conductor walked down into the (orchestra) pit and stood at the podium.
• an area of dirt or grass used for playing certain games
1. a horseshoe pit
• an area beside a racetrack used for servicing cars during a race
1. The driver stopped in the pits to refuel.
• a small hole or dent on the surface of something
1. The car's door was covered with pits and scratches.
2. The boy had pits [=pockmarks] on his face.
• a very bad or unpleasant place or situation
1. The downtown area is a pit of depression/despair/hopelessness.
• something that is very bad or unpleasant
1. You caught the flu on your birthday? That's the pits! [=that is awful]
2. This rainy weather is the absolute pits. [=I hate this rainy weather]
3. I usually like her movies, but her most recent one is really the pits! [=her most recent one is terrible]
• the part of a person's stomach where strong feelings of nervousness, excitement, etc., can be felt
1. She felt a flutter in the pit of her stomach when he walked through the door.
• Verb
• to make small holes or dents in (something)
1. A hailstorm badly pitted the car's roof.
• to make a pit stop
1. The driver was forced to pit because of engine problems.
• to cause (someone or something) to fight or compete against (another person or thing)
1. Tonight's game will pit Smith against Johnson for the championship. [=Smith will be playing against Johnson for the championship in tonight's game]
2. The team will be pitted against [=will be playing against] last year's champion in the finals.
3. The game requires you to pit your wits against the computer. [=to use your wits to try to defeat the computer]
• Noun
• the hard middle part of a fruit
1. peach/cherry/olive pits
• Verb
• to remove the pit from (a piece of fruit)
1. He pitted the plum and cut it into pieces.