pits
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of pits
C20: perhaps shortened from armpits
Example Sentences
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Mines extract gneiss and granite for construction from the gigantic pits that now ring the village of Chatru Ki Dhani, home to fewer than 200 people.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Dizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New Delhi relies on for protection from furnace-hot desert winds.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
It is a team using state-of-the-art 3D imagery who reassemble—virtually—one of the more puzzling objects uncovered: a “divine tree” of bronze that was found in more than 200 pieces, in separate pits.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
During the 1950s and 1960s, workers would regularly burn toxic waste in open pits and cleaned engines with solvents that later contaminated the groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Ess stuffed her face with the sweet snaps, chewing their meaty red flesh and spitting out the pits.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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