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Meanings of pit in English

Portuguese
inferno
Catalan
perdició
Spanish
infierno

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment.

      inferno
      Portuguese
      endocarpo
      Catalan
      endocarpi
      Spanish
      hueso

      The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.

            endocarpo
            Portuguese
            pedreiras
            Catalan
            pedrera
            Spanish
            cantera

            A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.

                  pedreiras
                  Catalan
                  senyalar
                  Spanish
                  marcar

                  Mark with a scar.

                        senyalar
                        Usage of pit in English
                        1
                        They went in to the pit; and I went in after them.
                        Man and Wife
                        2
                        Power received a penalty for coming into Takuma Sato exiting his pit.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        Thou sattest in one bucket beneath in the pit in great dread.
                        Song and Legend from the Middle Ages
                        4
                        He slipped away into the gloom in the direction of the pit.
                        God's Country—And the Woman
                        5
                        Which when you're looking for a pit-stop can often swing the vote.
                        The Guardian
                        6
                        In the deep pit below, the sinful ones dance in torturing flames.
                        American Indian Stories
                        7
                        A provincial ban on open-pit mining has been in effect since 2010.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        He now believes that the programme of pit closures went too far.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        He was a dead rooster; yea, a dead cock in the pit.
                        "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
                        10
                        Digging up the hangi pit with Radio New Zealand's Maori News team.
                        Radio NZ
                        11
                        From that I deduced that the money was hidden in the pit.
                        The Shrieking Pit
                        12
                        Five days later, the Ontario legislature banned the ownership of pit bulls.
                        What the dog saw: and other adventures
                        13
                        Protoplasmic continuity has been observed in the delicate membrane closing the pit.
                        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                        14
                        The person who was hanging in the pit continually drank those jets.
                        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
                        15
                        He peered down at the few white men in the pit below.
                        Never-Fail Blake
                        16
                        Poor Mrs Adams was among those in the front surrounding the pit.
                        Taking Tales: Instructive and Entertaining Reading
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