Definition of pit

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• pit is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• pit is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• pit is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6

Definition of pit

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment (noun)

  Examples

  1. a demon from the depths of the pit

  Synonyms

  1. hell
  2. infernal region
  3. inferno
  4. nether region
  5. perdition
• set into opposition or rivalry (verb)

  Examples

  1. pit a chess player against the Russian champion

  Synonyms

  1. match
  2. oppose
  3. play off
• lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. orchestra pit
• remove the pits from (verb)

  Examples

  1. pit plums and cherries

  Synonyms

  1. stone
• a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) (noun)

  Examples

  1. they dug a pit to bury the body

  Synonyms

  1. cavity
• a trap in the form of a concealed hole (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pitfall
• a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. fossa
• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. endocarp
  2. stone
• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate (noun)

  Examples

  1. a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

  Synonyms

  1. quarry
  2. stone pit
• a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. colliery
• mark with a scar (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. mark
  2. pock
  3. scar
• an enclosure in which animals are made to fight (noun)
• (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled (noun)
• (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on (noun)

See definition of pit in Merriam Webster