pit
Significado (Inglés)
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- A hole in the ground.
- An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
- The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
- A mine.
- 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.
- A trading pit.
- (colloquial) Armpit.
- A luggage hold.
- A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
- The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- The grave, underworld or Hell.
- An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
- Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
- Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
- (slang) Only used in the pits.
- (slang) A mosh pit.
- The center of the line.
- The emergency department.
- (slang) A bed.
- (informal) An undesirable location, especially an unclean one.
Conceptos
acuaducto
núcleo fisionable de la bomba
semilla de fruto
forado
pit
agujero excavado
nucleolo
Sinónimos
hole in the ground
stone pit
deep hole
infernal region
Inferno
irrigation ditch
shallow hole
melt pit
a hole
mine shaft
scout troop
pit trap
shallow lake
orchestral pit
bomb core
trading session
small pit
steel pit
excavated hole
market floor
fluxing hole
removal site
open cut mine
burial pit
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/pɪt/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.
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