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"
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a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

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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"
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(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"
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an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

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(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

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