pit
definition: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
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speech part: noun
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colliery
definition: lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
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speech part: noun
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orchestra pit
definition: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
example: a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
speech part: noun
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quarry
definition: a trap in the form of a concealed hole
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speech part: noun
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pitfall
definition: (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
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speech part: noun
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definition: (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
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speech part: noun
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definition: an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
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speech part: noun
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definition: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil
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speech part: noun
definition: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
example: they dug a pit to bury the body
speech part: noun
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cavity
definition: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
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speech part: noun
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stone
definition: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
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speech part: noun
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fossa
definition: remove the pits from
example: pit plums and cherries
speech part: verb
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stone
definition: set into opposition or rivalry
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speech part: verb
definition: mark with a scar
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speech part: verb
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mark
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