Pit vs. Trench
Difference Between Pit and Trench
Pitnoun
A hole in the ground.
Trenchnoun
A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
Pitnoun
(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
Trenchnoun
(military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
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.
Trenchnoun
(archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
Pitnoun
A mine.
Trenchnoun
(informal) A trench coat.
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.
Trenchverb
}} To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
Pitnoun
(trading) A trading pit.
Trenchverb
To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
Pitnoun
The bottom part of something.
I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.Trenchverb
(archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
Pitnoun
(colloquial) Armpit.
Trenchverb
To have direction; to aim or tend.
Pitnoun
(aviation) A luggage hold.
Trenchverb
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
Pitnoun
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
Trenchverb
To cut furrows or ditches in.
to trench land for the purpose of draining itPitnoun
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
Trenchverb
To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
to trench a garden for certain cropsPitnoun
The grave, or underworld.
Trenchnoun
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
Pitnoun
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
Trenchnoun
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
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.
Trenchnoun
any long ditch cut in the ground
Pitnoun
(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
Trenchverb
impinge or infringe upon;
This impinges on my rights as an individualThis matter entrenches on other domainsPitnoun
(slang) A pit bull terrier.
I'm taking one of my pits to the vet on Thursday.Trenchverb
fortify by surrounding with trenches;
He trenched his military campPitnoun
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His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.Trenchverb
cut or carve deeply into;
letters trenched into the stonePitnoun
(slang) A mosh pit.
Trenchverb
set, plant, or bury in a trench;
trench the fallen soldierstrench the vegetablesPitnoun
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
Trenchverb
cut a trench in, as for drainage;
ditch the land to drain ittrench the fieldsPitnoun
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
Trenchverb
dig a trench or trenches;
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trenchPitnoun
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
