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- pronunciation:
- pIt
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A pit is a wide, deep hole in the ground.
When we went camping last summer, we dug a pit that we could build fires in.- synonyms:
- cavity, hole
- similar words:
- abyss, crater, ditch, hollow, trench
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| definition 2: |
A pit is a small dent in the surface of something.
The metal pipe was old and had pits.- synonyms:
- mark
- similar words:
- dent, depression, hole, hollow, scar
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| definition 3: |
(slang) When we say that something is "the pits," we mean that it is the worst thing that we can think of. It is something we think is really bad and unpleasant.
I think cleaning the bathroom is the pits.- synonyms:
- worst
- similar words:
- awful
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| related words: |
grave, gulf, mine, well |
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