Dictionary Check: pit
"pit" is a valid word!
Scrabble
5
points
Words with Friends
6
points
Definition
noun
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
Example:
"they dug a pit to bury the body"
noun
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
noun
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Example:
"you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
noun
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
Example:
"Hurl'd headlong … To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"
noun
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
noun
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
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