Pit vs. Pitted
Difference Between Pit and Pitted
Pitnoun
A hole in the ground.
Pittedverb
simple past tense and past participle of pit
Pitnoun
(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
Pittedadjective
Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate
Pitnoun
(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
Pittedadjective
(of fruit) Having had the pits removed
Pitnoun
A mine.
Pittedadjective
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
Pitnoun
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
Pitnoun
(trading) A trading pit.
Pitnoun
The bottom part of something.
I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.Pitnoun
(colloquial) Armpit.
Pitnoun
(aviation) A luggage hold.
Pitnoun
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
Pitnoun
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
Pitnoun
The grave, or underworld.
Pitnoun
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
Pitnoun
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
Pitnoun
(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
Pitnoun
(slang) A pit bull terrier.
I'm taking one of my pits to the vet on Thursday.Pitnoun
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His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.Pitnoun
(slang) A mosh pit.
Pitnoun
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
Pitnoun
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
Pitnoun
The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
Pitnoun
(informal) A pit bull terrier.
Pitverb
(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.Pitverb
To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
Pitverb
(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?Pitverb
To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
Pitverb
(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.Pitnoun
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground);
they dug a pit to bury the bodyPitnoun
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Pitnoun
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 cookingPitnoun
a trap in the form of a concealed hole
Pitnoun
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate;
a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'Pitnoun
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
Pitnoun
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Pitverb
set into opposition or rivalry;
let them match their best athletes against ourspit a chess player against the Russian championHe plays his two children off against each otherPitverb
mark with a scar;
The skin disease scarred his face permanentlyPitverb
remove the pits from;
pit plums and cherries
