(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
"Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"
"a demon from the depths of the pit"
"Hell is paved with good intentions"
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
"The villagers gathered around the wooden pit where two roosters were forced to fight."
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
"The junior trader spent his first week learning to navigate the bustling pit on the Chicago Board of Trade."
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
"The driver slowed down as he approached the pit to receive fuel from the crew."
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
"The conductor raised his baton from the deep pit before the symphony began to play."
A hole in the ground.
"The PIT rate was increased in order to fund the new education program."
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
A pit bull terrier.
Initialism of personal income tax.
In plain English: A pit is a deep hole dug into the ground, often used for storing trash or garbage.
"He dropped an orange pit into his trash can after finishing the fruit."
To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
"She carefully pitted the cherries before adding them to the pie filling."
To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
In plain English: To pit means to remove the hard seeds from fruit like peaches or cherries before eating them.
"We need to pit all these cherries before we make jam."
Usage: Use "pit" as a verb when removing the hard inner seed from fruits like peaches, plums, and apricots before eating them. This action is specific to drupes that contain a single large stone, distinguishing it from simply discarding small seeds found in berries or melons.
Abbreviation of Pittsburgh.
"The team from Pit defeated their rivals in the championship game."
The word "pit" comes from the Old English pytt, which was borrowed from the Latin puteus meaning "trench, pit, or well." Despite some phonetic irregularities in its transmission, this lineage traces back through Proto-West Germanic to its original Latin root.