Definition: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Main entry: orchestra pit, pit
Definition: lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
Main entry: pit, quarry, stone pit
Definition: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
Usage: a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
Definition: a trap in the form of a concealed hole
Main entry: pit
Definition: (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
Main entry: pit
Definition: (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
Main entry: pit
Definition: an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
Main entry: nether region, perdition, Hell, infernal region, Inferno, pit
Definition: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Usage: Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell- John Milton; a demon from the depths of the pit; Hell is paved with good intentions-Dr. Johnson
Definition: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
Usage: they dug a pit to bury the body
Main entry: endocarp, stone, pit
Definition: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Usage: you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking
Definition: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Definition: remove the pits from
Usage: pit plums and cherries
Main entry: pit, play off, oppose, match
Definition: set into opposition or rivalry
Usage: 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
Main entry: scar, mark, pit, pock
Definition: mark with a scar
Usage: The skin disease scarred his face permanently