PITS

/pɪts/
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Definition

/pɪts/
noun
  1. A hole in the ground.
    “The meadow around the town is full of old pits.”
  2. An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
    “Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.”
  3. A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, 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.
noun
  1. A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
  2. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
  3. The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
noun
  1. A pit bull terrier.

Source: Wiktionary

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