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pit
n. stone, kernel, seed
 
n. hole; mine; trap; ring where animal fights take place; depression; section of the stock market where a particular type of commodity is traded
 
v. remove a seed, remove the large kernel from a fruit
 
v. scar, cause a permanent marking; put in opposition, set one against another


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Pit
Pit may refer to:Pit, any high walled depression in the ground, such as a quarry or (in Britain) an opencast coal mine.Pit or Colliery, a deep-shaft underground coal mine.Burial alive as a fictional method of execution based on The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.Pit, the single seed in the center of a cherrypeachplumoliveavocado or other fruit.Pit, the nanometer-scale depressions holding the data in a compact disc.Pit, the part of a race track where pit stops are conducted.Pit, an area in a futures market where trading takes place.Pit, an area in a casino surrounded by gaming tables. Managed by a Pit boss.pit, the hollow core of the fissile plutonium or uranium in a Nuclear weapon, A trapping pit, designed to catch animals.
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Pittsburgh International Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport , commonly shortened to PIT, is an international airport located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Findlay Township, approximately west of downtown Pittsburgh at Exit 6 of PA-60 (Future I-376) and the Northern Terminus of PA Turnpike 576 (Future I-576). It is owned and operated by the Allegheny County Airport Authority which also operates the Allegheny County Airport. PIT is primarily a passenger airport serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, providing 290 non-stop flights per day to 64 destinations via 31 airlines, but it also serves a role in air defense as well as general aviation and cargo flights.
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Pit
PIT plasma iron turnover. pit 1. a hollow fovea or indentation. 2. a pockmark. 3. a small depression or fault in the dental enamel. 4. [more]Pit - Community and Resources

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pit
Noun
1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
(synonym) cavity
(hypernym) hole, hollow
(hyponym) barbecue pit
2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
(synonym) fossa
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
(hyponym) glenoid fossa, glenoid cavity
(derivation) scar, mark, pock
3. 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"
(synonym) stone, endocarp
(hypernym) pericarp, seed vessel
(hyponym) peach pit
(derivation) stone
4. a trap in the form of a concealed hole
(synonym) pitfall
(hypernym) trap
5. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
(synonym) quarry, stone pit
(hypernym) excavation, hole in the ground
(hyponym) chalkpit, chalk pit
6. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
(synonym) orchestra pit
(hypernym) area
(part-holonym) theater, theatre, house
7. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
(synonym) colliery
(hypernym) workplace, work
(part-meronym) coal mine, coalpit
Verb
1. set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
(synonym) oppose, match, play off
(hypernym) confront, face
2. mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
(synonym) scar, mark, pock
(hypernym) deface, disfigure, blemish
(hyponym) pockmark
(entail) incise
(verb-group) score, nock, mark
(derivation) fossa
3. remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
(synonym) stone
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
(derivation) stone, endocarp


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pit (de)
n. kernel, drupel, stone, pip, wick, candlewick, pith, pit, duramen, core, granule, grain, nucleus, marrow, spunky, heart

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