Definition of pits in English English dictionary: Open excavations from which soil and commonly, underlying material, have been removed exposing either rock or other material that supports few or no plants Includes mine pits, gravel pits, and quarry pits A miscellaneous area; An area of track separated from the start/finish straight by a wall, where the cars are brought for new tyres and fuel during the race, or for set-up changes in practice and qualifying, each stopping at their respective pit garages; Laser-etched holes in the CD-ROM tract that do not reflect light Opposite of Lands; Plural of pit; Area of a race track, off the racing surface, where a car stops for servicing; Laser-etched holes in the CD-ROM tract that do not reflect light Opposite of Lands to top; The staging area in which racing teams are setting up shop on race day; depressions on the surface of the skin; The worst; Where the race cars are worked on; Extremely small surface voids between fines or flakes; Thin regions of the cell wall in xylem conducting cells Their structure is an important characteristic for recognizing different kinds of wood
ball pits: plural form of ball pit
bear pits: plural form of bear pit
bottomless pits: plural form of bottomless pit
grease pits: plural form of grease pit
mosh pits: plural form of mosh pit
pit: An area at the auto racetrack used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race
pit: To make pits in
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
pit: A shell in a drupe containing a seed
pit: 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
pit: A trading pit
pit: A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit
pit: A mine
pit: A hole in the ground
pit: To bring into opposition, as in "to pit one's wits against someone"
pit: 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
pit: Something particularly unpleasant
His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.
the pits: Something miserable or unpleasant
Doing it once is no fun, but doing it over because you lost your work is the pits.
pit: {n} a hole, deep place, hollow part, dint, grave
pit: {v} to sink in hollows, dint, challenge, set
La Brea Tar Pits: Fossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif. , U.S. It is the site of "pitch springs" oozing crude oil, discovered by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in 1769. The tar pits contain the fossilized bones of Pleistocene mammals that became entrapped there; they include mammoths, mastodons, and sabre-toothed cats. The George C. Page Museum contains more than one million prehistoric specimens exhumed from the pits
it's the pits: (Slang) this is the worst possible thing, it's the worst possible place
pit: The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox
pit: a trap in the form of a concealed hole
pit: To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another
pit: A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit
pit: Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades
pit: A pit is a coal mine. It was a better community then when all the pits were working
pit: {i} stone, kernel, seed
pit: 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
pit: 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 "
pit: The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc
pit: 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
pit: To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc
pit: To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe
pit: A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit
pit: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
pit: A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado
pit: To remove the seed from whole fruits such as apricots, avocados, and cherries
pit: Slang: Orchestra pit Usually a good place to stash empty road cases, or form a buffer between the audience and the band Submitted by Karl Kuenning RFL from Roadie Net
pit: See Pit of the stomach (below)
pit: Area at the auto racetrack used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race
pit: The area near the track where the crews maintain and repair the cars
pit: {f} remove a seed, remove the large kernel from a fruit
pit: A specially constructed arena on the trading floor of some exchanges where trading in a futures contract is conducted On other exchanges the term "ring" designates the trading area for a commodity See Ring
pit: {f} scar, cause a permanent marking; put in opposition, set one against another
pit: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
pit: a trap in the form of a concealed hole a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
pit: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" a trap in the form of a concealed hole a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" 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
pit: A trading area on the floor of an exchange where only one kind of security is traded In futures parlance, it is a trading area on the floor of an exchange where one or more types of futures contracts may be traded
pit: remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
pit: 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
pit: mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
pit: {i} hole; mine; trap; ring where animal fights take place; depression; section of the stock market where a particular type of commodity is traded
pit: Also used figuratively
pit: a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
pit: A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit
pit: Information area viewed as a depression from the label surface that can be sensed by an optical system
pit: A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare
pit: An octagonal platform on the trading floor of an exchange, consisting of steps upon which traders and brokers stand while trading (If circular called a "ring")
pit: A site where sand or gravel or other unconsolidated materials are extracted
pit: Hole dug out in the ground surface for temporary storage of fluids during drilling operations
pit: Space at end of lane where ball and pins wind up
pit: A pit is a large hole that is dug in the ground. Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit
pit: The standard components of a monthly residential mortgage payment: Principal, Interest, and Taxes Some lenders do not include the Tax component and allow the borrower to pay their own taxes annually
pit: A recessed area found on the surface of a tooth, usually where the grooves of the tooth meet
pit: That part of the dock area that is cut out to contain a dock-leveling device
pit: A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip (Eng.) inside a fruit
pit: To remove the seeds from the fruit
pit: 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"
pit: To bring into opposition, as in "to pit ones wits against someone"
pit: A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit
pit: (Or "stone ") To remove the pit or seed from a fruit or olive
pit: Land or land under water from which unconsolidated aggregate is being or has been excavated and that has not been rehabilitated, but does not mean land or land under water excavated for a building or other work on the excavation site or in relation to which an order has been made under subsection 1 (3) Aggregate Resources Act
pit: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
pit: The area near the track where the crews service the cars, replacing tires and adding fuel, during the race
pit: a bottomless pit: see bottomless. To extract the pit from (a fruit)
pit: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
pit: The information on a CD surface By exposing a photosensitive layer on a glass master to laser light, and then washing away the exposed material, pits are formed The track is written in a spiral from the inside of the disc to the outer edge [BACK]
pit: The area on the trading floor where futures and options on futures contracts are bought and sold Pits are usually raised octagonal platforms with steps descending on the inside that permit buyers and sellers of contracts to see each other
pit: 1) The 10 foot by 5 foot area which the stage manager insists is more than enough room for 2 pianos, a drum set, 4 horns, 2 woodwinds, 2 strings, a make-shift dressing room, three set pieces, and several thousand beer cans 2) A group of trained or untrained musicians who willingly give up their time to gather together to eat vast amounts of gummy ____ (insert your favorite here), as well as other forms of nourishment, and use their honorarium, which hardly covers their gas money, to buy as much beer as possible, and lastly to provide at least one form of entertainment for the paying audience Brian Vaupel, Stage Coach Players, Dekalb, Illinois
pit: If two opposing things or people are pitted against one another, they are in conflict. You will be pitted against people who are every bit as good as you are This was one man pitted against the universe
pit: The area on the trading floor of some exchanges where trading in futures or options contracts is conducted by open outcry
pit: A sharp depression in the surface of the metal
pit: lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
pit: The area at the end of the lane
pit: To place or put into a pit or hole
pit: If you pit your wits against someone, you compete with them in a test of knowledge or intelligence. I'd like to pit my wits against the best
pit: To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox
pit: In motor racing, the pits are the areas at the side of the track where drivers stop to get more fuel and to repair their cars during races. see also pit stop
pit: An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats
pit: Formerly, that part of a theater, 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 theater
pit: A gravel pit or clay pit is a very large hole that is left where gravel or clay has been dug from the ground. This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964
pit: A pit is the stone of a fruit or vegetable. see also pitted, fleapit, orchestra pit, sandpit
pit: A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct
the pits: (Slang) worst possible thing, worst possible place or person; depressing
the pits: hell: any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"