pit - Meaning in Punjabi

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pit - Meaning in Punjabi

pit Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of pit in English

pit noun

1. a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

   Synonyms

   colliery

2. lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

   Synonyms

   orchestra pit

3. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

   Synonyms

   quarry, stone pit

   Example

   • "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
4. a trap in the form of a concealed hole

   Synonyms

   pitfall

5. (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled
6. (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on
7. an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
8. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

   Synonyms

   Hell, Hell, Inferno, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition

   Examples

   • "a demon from the depths of the pit"
   • "Hell is paved with good intentions"
   • "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"
9. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

   Synonyms

   cavity

   Example

   • "they dug a pit to bury the body"
10. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

    Synonyms

    endocarp, stone, stone

    Example

    • "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
11. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

    Synonyms

    fossa, fossa

pit verb

1. remove the pits from

   Synonyms

   stone, stone

   Example

   • "pit plums and cherries"
2. set into opposition or rivalry

   Synonyms

   match, oppose, play off

   Examples

   • "He plays his two children off against each other"
   • "let them match their best athletes against ours"
   • "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"
3. mark with a scar

   Synonyms

   mark, mark, pock, scar

   Example

   • "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

Synonyms of pit

• colliery
• orchestra pit
• quarry, stone pit
• pitfall
• hell, infernal region, inferno, nether region, perdition
• cavity
• endocarp, stone
• fossa
• stone
• match, oppose, play off
• mark, pock, scar

More matches for pit

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