Synonym: cavity, crater, hole, hollow. Similar words: spit, spite, pitch, capita, pitcher, capital, despite, jupiter. Meaning: [pɪt] 
n. 1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) 2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) 3. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed 4. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment 5. a trap in the form of a concealed hole 6. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate 7. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers 8. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. v. 1. set into opposition or rivalry 2. mark with a scar 3. remove the pits from.
n. 1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) 2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) 3. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed 4. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment 5. a trap in the form of a concealed hole 6. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate 7. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers 8. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it. v. 1. set into opposition or rivalry 2. mark with a scar 3. remove the pits from. 
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61. Realising that something had gone wrong, the alarmed miner was making his way out of the pit.
62. In the meantime, Parkside is being maintained by a crew of former pit men working for a private contractor.
63. Stainless steel cutlery Can discolour and pit if left coated with food, so use the pre-wash cycle.
64. But somebody ought to tell the filmmakers, who are churning out movies as if demand were a bottomless pit.
65. Moses McTavish and I ducked through his tipi door and sat cross-legged on buffalo robes around the fire pit in the center.
66. Further contraction, pit closures, and industrial erosion would certainly follow.
67. K Thousands of coal miners marched through central London to protest at the Government's bungled pit closures.
68. Statistically in San Francisco, pit bulls are over-represented in attacks on people, according to animal control officials.
69. To the child the hole seemed like a bottomless pit.
70. So far it has described the lads down the pit as millionaires and then businessmen.
71. His pit was earmarked for closure, his redundancy money would not pay off the mortgage and other work was scarce.
72. These are usually made up of a central pit or cup, surrounded by one ring or concentric rings or spiral turns.
73. I had to brace myself against the side to keep from getting sucked into the overheated pit he created with his body.
74. Except for the flies that is which had the persistence of pit bull terriers.
75. There was a burning sensation somewhere near the pit of his stomach.
76. Firemen dug with their bare hands to free Gemma Kitchiner from the storage pit on her parents' farm.
77. There, pit latrines inside homes take pride of place,(www.Sentencedict.com) their arched entrances lavishly embellished with stone carvings.
78. By evening a huge cloud of smoke began to rise from the scene, but it came from a barbecue pit.
79. And I began to discover some recent local history as I delved deeper into this pit of hell.
80. She lay down on the grass by our campfire pit.
81. The breakaway union is balloting its members for a one-day token strike in protest over the amended pit closure plans.
82. And then, suddenly, an open door with a dark, bottomless pit behind it.
83. Instead, many pit musicians move outdoors during the summer months for free downtown concerts in Grant Park.
84. A pit trap dug close to the entrance with a bait positioned to lure the ferret.
85. No matter what you're going through there's no pit so deep that God can't reach in and get you out. Joyce Meyer 
86. This is, after all, the last working pit on the vast Lancashire coal field.
87. They could be responsible for managing services covering 4,000 households, a large inner city estate or several former pit villages.
88. So there we are trying to fish out a bunch of keys from a three-foot pit full of human urine and excrement.
89. Through the open doorway Culley could see activity near the pit, and shadows jostling on the walls.
90. Thus, pump-priming has turned into a bottomless pit for the Treasury, in spite of the reinvestment of large receipts from land sales.