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I 1. [pit] noun1) (a large hole in the ground: The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.) duobė2) (a place from which minerals are dug, especially a coal-mine: a chalk-pit; He works at/down the pit.) šachta, kasykla3) (a place beside a motor race track for repairing and refuelling racing cars: The leading car has gone into the pit(s).) autoremonto ir degalų papildymo punktas2. verb((with against) to set (a person or thing) against another in a fight, competition etc: He was pitted against a much stronger man.) priversti kovoti su, nukreipti prieš- pitfallII 1. [pit] noun(the hard stone of a peach, cherry etc.) kauliukas2. verb(to remove the stone from (a peach, cherry etc).) iðimti kauliukà
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pit — I UK [pɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms pit : singular pit plural pits ** 1) a hole that you dig in the ground to put something in it a barbecue pit a) a mine under the ground, especially a coal mine My father worked down the pit. b) a very… … English dictionary
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Pit — Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pit coal — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pit frame — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pit head — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pit kiln — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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