OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1367

pit

/pɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agujero • fosa • foya • hoya
A hole in the ground.
27 Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will returne vpon him.
The meadow around the town is full of old pits.
excavación • foso
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.
The exact sites of Feng and Hao have yet to be verified, but seven pits containing chariots, horses and other Zhou burial objects were discovered at Fengxi, and a concentration of…
box • pit
The emergency department of a hospital.
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 1369

pit

/pɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carozo • güito • hueso • pepa • pepita • pipo • semilla
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
Near-synonym: pip
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 1368

pit

/pɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agujerear
To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
oponer
To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—…
📚 verb • entry_id 1370

pit

/pɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
deshuesar
To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.
Phrases
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