Definizione monolingua

pit

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

1. (transitive) To make pits in.

   Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.

2. To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
3. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

   Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the worlds greatest puzzles?

4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

pit (plural pits)

1. A hole in the ground.
2. (motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
3. (music) 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.
4. A mine.
5. (archaeology) 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.
6. (trading) A trading pit.
7. (in the plural, with the, idiomatic, slang) Something particularly unpleasant.

   His circus job was the pits, but at least he was in show business.

8. The bottom part of.

   I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.

Definizione dizionario pit

	fossa
	hole in the ground

	box
	area for racing cars

abisso

buca

buco

burrone

canale

cava

cavità

cavo

cratere

finestra

foro

fossato

fosso

frutto

germe

grano

miniera

nocciolo

piazzola

pit

platea

seme

trappola

Altri significati:

the stone of a drupaceous fruit

(transitive) To make pits in.

(transitive) To bring into opposition, as in "to pit one's wits against someone".

archaeology: excavation hole

The bottom part of.

parquet (in a theater, theatre)

(in the plural, with '''the''' , idiomatic, slang) Something particularly unpleasant.

(trading) A trading pit.

(music) 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.

A hole in the ground.

seed or stone inside a fruit

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

A mine.

A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

pit (of a fruit)

An area at the auto racetrack used for refueling and repairing the cars during a race

(archaeology) 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.