pit

Anlam (İngilizce)

Noun

1. A hole in the ground.
2. An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
3. 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.
4. A mine.
5. 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.
6. A trading pit.
7. (colloquial) Armpit.
8. A luggage hold.
9. A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
10. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
11. The grave, underworld or Hell.
12. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
13. 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.
14. Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
15. (slang) Only used in the pits.
16. (slang) A mosh pit.
17. The center of the line.
18. The emergency department.
19. (slang) A bed.
20. (informal) An undesirable location, especially an unclean one.

Verb

1. To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
2. To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
3. To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
4. To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Verb

To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/pɪt/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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.