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stone pit

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noun

  1. a less common name for quarry 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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During the day, Foxy's looks more like a camp than a bar with its stone pit barbeque, gift shop and sprawling dining area.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the film they dynamite him, and out of the stone pit rises a small cloud shaped like a mushroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

The path led through a stone pit sparsely grown with oak trees and alders.

From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann

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