pit run

1. 1.

   gravel as found in natural deposits

   Synonymsbank gravelpit-run gravel

   Broadergravel

Questions about pit run

What does pit run mean?

pit run means "gravel as found in natural deposits".

What is another word for pit run?

Close synonyms include bank gravel, pit-run gravel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pit run a common word?

pit run is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.