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
If you have a feeling in the pit of your stomach, you have a tight or sick feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or anxious. I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach
A specially constructed or designated area on the trading floor where trading in a futures contract is conducted Some exchanges refer to these areas as "rings "
The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc
If you describe something as the pits, you mean that it is extremely bad. Mary Ann asked him how dinner had been. `The pits,' he replied