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storm pit

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noun

Southern U.S.

  1. a storm cellar.

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In the western city of Centreville, south of Tuscaloosa, Cindy Smitherman and her family and neighbors huddled in their underground storm pit as a twister passed over their home.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2021

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