Pit vs. Pitt — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Pit or Pitt
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Pit Definitions
A large hole in the ground.
A hollow or indentation in a surface.
An area at the side of a track where racing cars are serviced and refuelled
He had a flat tyre when he came into the pits
The pit lane
An orchestra pit.
A part of the floor of a stock exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded
The trading pit of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange
Pooled commodity funds liquidated positions in the corn and soybean pits
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An enclosure in which animals are made to fight
A bear pit
A person's bed.
A person's armpit.
The stone of a fruit.
Set someone or something in conflict or competition with
You'll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions
Make a hollow or indentation in the surface of
Rain poured down, pitting the bare earth
Drive a racing car into the pits for fuel or maintenance
He pitted on lap 36 with sudden engine trouble
Remove the pit from (fruit).
A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.
An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine.
The shaft of a mine.
A concealed hole in the ground used as a trap; a pitfall.
A small indentation in a surface
Pits in a windshield.
A natural hollow or depression in the body or an organ.
A small indented scar left in the skin by smallpox or other eruptive disease; a pockmark.
(Zoology) Either of a pair of depressions between the nostril and the eye of a pit viper that contain heat-sensing organs.
(Botany) A cavity in the wall of a plant cell where there is no secondary wall, as in fibers, tracheids, and vessel elements.
(Informal) An armpit.
An enclosed, usually sunken area in which animals, such as dogs or gamecocks, are placed for fighting.
The section directly in front of and below the stage of a theater, in which the musicians sit.
Chiefly British The ground floor of a theater behind the stalls.
The section of an exchange where trading in a specific commodity is carried on.
The gambling area of a casino.
A sunken area in a garage floor from which mechanics may work on cars.
Often pits(Sports) An area beside an auto racecourse where cars may be refueled or serviced during a race
Pulled into the pits to have the tires rotated.
Hell. Used with the.
A miserable or depressing place or situation.
Pits(Slang) The worst. Used with the
"New York politics are the pits" (Washington Star).
(Football) The middle areas of the defensive and offensive lines.
The single central kernel or stone of certain fruits, such as a peach or cherry.
To mark with cavities, depressions, or scars
A surface pitted with craters.
To set in direct opposition or competition
A war that pitted brother against brother.
To place, bury, or store in a pit.
To become marked with pits.
To retain an impression after being indented. Used of the skin.
To stop at a refueling area during an auto race.
To extract the pit from (a fruit).
A hole in the ground.
The meadow around the town is full of old pits.
(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.
(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 these instruments are placed.
A mine.
(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 precise measurement.
(trading) A trading pit.
The bottom part of something.
I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.
(colloquial) Armpit.
(aviation) A luggage hold.
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
The grave, underworld or Hell.
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
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 parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
(slang) A mosh pit.
Because the museum was closed for renovation, the school decided to bring its fourth-graders to the pit at a Cannibal Corpse gig instead.
(American football) The center of the line.
(hospital slang) The emergency department.
A bed.
(informal) An undesirable location, especially an unclean one.
This house is a total pit. We've got to get out of here!
Get back to the pit, dish bitch!
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
(military) The core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
(informal) A pit bull terrier.
(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
(transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
(transitive) 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.
A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation
Tumble me into some loathsome pit.
Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.
Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
He keepth back his soul from the pit.
A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
The anointed of the Lord was taken in their pits.
A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body
Formerly, that part of a theater, 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 parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
To place or put into a pit or hole.
They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave.
To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
A sizeable hole (usually in the ground);
They dug a pit to bury the body
A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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
A trap in the form of a concealed hole
A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
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
Mark with a scar;
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Remove the pits from;
Pit plums and cherries
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