The meaning of PIT is a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground. How to use pit in a sentence.

Define pits. pits synonyms, pits pronunciation, pits translation, English dictionary definition of pits. n. 1. A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground.

A pit is a coal mine. It was a better community then when all the pits were working.

Definition of pit noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

PIT definition: 1. a large hole in the ground, or a slightly low area in any surface: 2. a coal mine or an area of…. Learn more.

Slang Terms the pits, an extremely unpleasant, boring, or depressing place, condition, person, etc.; the absolute worst: When you're alone, Christmas is the pits.

to put (animals) in a pit or enclosure for fighting.

Dec 24, 2025 · pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted) (transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

Pit is a word with a wide variety of meanings. There's the pit you dig on the beach as a moat for your sandcastle, and the pit a hunter digs for trapping an animal. Then there's the sunken area …

The car's door was covered with pits and scratches. The boy had pits [= pockmarks] on his face.