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Antonyms for pit
pɪtpit
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pit
Synonyms:
hollow, gulf, trench, excavation
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pit, cavitynoun
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)
"they dug a pit to bury the body"
Synonyms:
fossa, stone pit, infernal region, enclosed space, quarry, cavity, cavum, dental caries, nether region, endocarp, stone, perdition, caries, colliery, tooth decay, pitfall, orchestra pit, bodily cavitypit, fossanoun
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa cat, genus Fossa, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarpstone, pit, endocarpnoun
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"
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, gemstone, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, gem, stone, orchestra pit, rock, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarpHell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pitnoun
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
"Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson
Synonyms:
orchestra pit, hellhole, stone pit, infernal region, netherworld, sin, quarry, cavity, blaze, nether region, endocarp, underworld, fossa, the pits, colliery, perdition, stone, inferno, conflagration, pitfall, hell, snake pit, hell on earthpitnoun
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarppitnoun
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarppitnoun
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarppit, pitfallnoun
a trap in the form of a concealed hole
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarp, booby trappit, quarry, stone pitnoun
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
"a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, target, fair game, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, prey, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarporchestra pit, pitnoun
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarpcolliery, pitverb
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
Synonyms:
stone pit, quarry, fossa, infernal region, pitfall, stone, orchestra pit, colliery, perdition, nether region, cavity, endocarppit, oppose, match, play offverb
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"
Synonyms:
rival, react, touch, mark, pock, play off, equate, match, fit, meet, couple, equalize, twin, agree, stone, oppose, equalise, counterbalance, pair, contradict, cope with, defend, fight back, equal, gibe, tally, fight, correspond, fight down, jibe, scar, controvert, mate, checkscar, mark, pock, pitverb
mark with a scar
"The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
Synonyms:
score, note, notice, stigmatize, punctuate, strike out, grade, set, play off, stone, nock, label, mark, differentiate, brand, cross off, pock, stigmatise, check off, match, tick, tick off, cross out, commemorate, check, denounce, oppose, distinguish, scar, tag, strike off, mark offpit, stoneverb
remove the pits from
"pit plums and cherries"
Synonyms:
oppose, mark, stone, pock, scar, play off, match, lapidate
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Editors Contribution
cover
cover is a verb and opposite in meaning of pit. pit means a hole dug on the surface land.
forexample: fill, cover, cork, close
Submitted by willaimsperry19 on June 3, 2021
How to use pit in a sentence?
Our entire living room looks like an amusement park. Weve got a ball pit, my husband made this shantytown out of boxes weve gotten from Amazon, which, of course, we wiped down.
These attacks against Secretary Castro are completely unfounded, short sighted, and only serve to pit us against each other.
There’s lot of expertise and a lot of history that is going to be lost, a lot of understanding of why the market is doing something, i think open-outcry died because as electronics came in the people who were afraid of them didn’t embrace them. And pit traders just got swept away like a tsunami.
The crippling economics of Broadway have long since ushered in the era of downsized casts and mini-orchestras, so the sheer spectacle value of an opulently costumed 50-member troupe, accompanied by 29 musicians in the pit, is enough to make a musical-theater lover's head explode.
These people were killed, and their bodies remained lying in the snow for a fairly long time, in April or May, flies started to multiply on the remains, and in late May or early June, they were buried in a pit on the homestead, which is where they probably had lived.
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