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Definition pit

Etymology 1

From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt (“pit, hole in the ground, well, grave, pustule, pockmark”), from Proto-Germanic *putjaz (“pit, well”), from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), from Proto-Indo-European *pew?- (“to beat, hew”). Cognate with West Frisian pet (“pit”), Saterland Frisian Put (“pit”), Dutch put (“well, pockmark”), German Pfütze (“puddle, pool”), Danish pyt (“pit”), Icelandic pyttur (“pit”).

Noun

pit (plural pits)

  1. A hole in the ground.
  2. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
  3. (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.
  4. A mine.
  5. (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.
  6. (trading) A trading pit.
  7. The bottom part of something.
  8. (colloquial) Armpit.
  9. (aviation) A luggage hold.
  10. (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
  11. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
  12. The grave, or underworld.
  13. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
  14. 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.
  15. (gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
  16. (slang) A pit bull terrier.
  17. (in the plural, with the, slang) Only used in the pits.
  18. (slang) A mosh pit.
Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

  1. (transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
  2. To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
  3. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
  4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Etymology 2

From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþ?. Compare pith.

Noun

pit (plural pits)

  1. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
  2. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
  3. The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

  1. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

pit (plural pits)

  1. (informal) A pit bull terrier.

Results 297 Words with the letters PIT

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6 letter words with the letters PIT 
APLITE 10
ARMPIT 12
ATOPIC 12
ATYPIC 14
CAPITA 12
CATNIP 13
DEPICT 13
DIPNET 11
EQUIPT 19
HAPTIC 14
HATPIN 12
IMPACT 15
IMPART 12
IMPORT 12
IMPOST 12
IMPUTE 13
INCEPT 13
INKPOT 14
INPUTS 11
INSTEP 10
IRRUPT 10
LIMPET 13
OCTOPI 12
OPHITE 11
OPTICS 12
OPTIMA 12
OPTIME 12
OPTING 12
OPTION 10
PAINTS 10
PAINTY 12
PANDIT 11
PANTIE 10
PAPIST 12
PARITY 11
PASTIL 10
PATINA 10
PATINE 10
PATINS 10
PECTIC 15
PECTIN 13
PEEWIT 12
PELITE 10
PEPTIC 15
PEPTID 13
PERMIT 12
PEWITS 12
PHATIC 14
PHOTIC 14
PICKET 16
PICOTS 12
PIGLET 12
PIGNUT 13
PIGOUT 12
PIGSTY 13
PILOTS 10
PINATA 10
PINETA 10
PINITE 10
PINOTS 10
PINTAS 10
PINTLE 11
PINTOS 10
PIOLET 10
PIPETS 12
PIPITS 12
PIQUET 19
PISTIL 10
PISTOL 10
PISTON 10
PITCHY 16
PITHED 12
PITIED 10
PITMAN 13
PITMEN 13
PITONS 10
PITSAW 12
PITTED 10
PIVOTS 13
PLAINT 11
PLAITS 10
PLIANT 11
PLIGHT 14
PLINTH 13
PLUTEI 11
PODITE 10
POETIC 12
POINTE 10
POINTS 10
POINTY 12
POLITE 10
POLITY 12
PONTIL 11
POSTIN 10
POTION 10
POTPIE 12
PRINTS 10
PRIVET 13
PROBIT 12
PROFIT 12
PTERIN 10
PTISAN 10
PTOTIC 12
PULPIT 14
PUNDIT 12
PURIST 10
PURITY 12
PUTRID 11
PYRITE 11
REDIPT 10
SCRIPT 12
SEPTIC 12
SIPPET 12
SITUPS 10
SPIGOT 11
SPILTH 12
SPINET 10
SPINTO 10
SPITAL 10
SPITED 10
SPLINT 11
SPLITS 10
SPOILT 10
SPRINT 10
SPRITZ 18
STIPED 10
STIPEL 10
STRIPY 11
STUPID 11
TAIPAN 10
TAPING 12
TAWPIE 12
TENPIN 11
THRIPS 11
TIEPIN 10
TIPCAT 12
TIPOFF 15
TIPPED 13
TIPPER 12
TIPPET 12
TIPPLE 13
TIPTOP 12
TITTUP 10
TOPICS 12
TOPING 12
TORPID 10
TREPID 10
TRICEP 12
TRIPLE 10
TRIPLY 12
TRIPOD 10
TRIPPY 14
TROPIC 12
TROPIN 10
TULIPS 11
TUPIKS 14
TURNIP 11
TWIRPS 12
TYPIER 11
TYPIFY 16
TYPING 14
TYPIST 11
UPGIRT 12
UPLIFT 14
UPPITY 15
UPSTIR 10
UPTICK 17
UPTILT 11
UPTIME 13
UTOPIA 10
WAPITI 12
5 letter words with the letters PIT 
CLIPT 12
GRIPT 10
INPUT 10
OPTIC 11
PEWIT 11
PICOT 11
PIETY 10
PIPET 11
PIPIT 11
PITCH 13
PITHS 10
PITHY 12
PIVOT 12
SPITZ 17
TEMPI 11
THRIP 10
TIPPY 13
TIPSY 10
TOPHI 10
TOPIC 11
TULIP 10
TUPIK 13
TWIRP 11
TYPIC 13
UPLIT 10
WHIPT 13
4 letter words with the letters PIT 
DIPT 8
PINT 8
PITA 7
PITH 9
PITS 7
PITY 9
PTUI 8
SPIT 7
TIPI 7
TIPS 7
TOPI 7
TRIP 7
3 letter words with the letters PIT 
PIT 6
TIP 6
2 letter words with the letters PIT 
IT 2
PI 5
TI 2

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