pits
Meaning of pits
plural noun
- 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.
pooled commodity funds liquidated positions in the corn and soybean pits
the trading pit of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange
- an enclosure in which animals are made to fight.
a bear pit
- a person's bed.
- a person's armpit.
- 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
Old English pytt, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch put and German Pfütze, based on Latin puteus ‘well, shaft’.
plural noun
the stone of a fruit.
verb, 3rd person present
remove the pit from (fruit).
mid 19th century: apparently from Dutch; related to pith.
Information about pits
- The singular form of pits is: pit.
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pits
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- pits is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pits synonyms
Meaning a hollow place in a solid body or surface:
Meaning a narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water:
Meaning a long, narrow ditch:
Meaning a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of:
Meaning a hole or depression in something:
Meaning a long, narrow, typically vertical hole that gives access to a mine, accommodates a lift in a building, or provides ventilation:
Meaning a deep narrow vertical hole, or sometimes a horizontal tunnel, that gives access to a mine:
Meaning the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site:
Meaning an empty space within a solid object:
Meaning a deep natural underground cave formed by the erosion of rock, especially by the action of water:
Meaning a long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles:
Meaning a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm:
Meaning a deep fissure in the earth's surface:
Meaning a deep ravine, chasm, or abyss:
Meaning a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite:
Meaning mark with a dent:
Meaning start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text:
Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:
Meaning mark (a surface) with dents or hollows:
Meaning a hard seed in a cherry, plum, peach, and some other fruits:
Meaning a small hard seed in a fruit:
Meaning the unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant:
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Words that rhyme with pits
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