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say it: pit
pit is a noun and verb meaning "a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)". It carries 14 recorded senses.
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”
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
“Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell”
“a demon from the depths of the pit”
“Hell is paved with good intentions”
Christianity
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
auto racing
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
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pit come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.