Pit

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.

A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.

A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.

Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.

A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.

See Pit of the stomach (below).

The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

Formerly, that part of a theater, 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 theater.

An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.

A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.

To place or put into a pit or hole.

To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.

To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

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

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"

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 cooking"

an enclosure in which animals are made to fight