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Antonyms for pit

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pit
Phonetic Transcription : pɪt

Definition of pit

Origin :
  • "hole, cavity," Old English pytt "water hole, well; pit, grave," from West Germanic *puttjaz "pool, puddle" (cf. Old Frisian pet, Old Saxon putti, Old Norse pyttr, Middle Dutch putte, Dutch put, Old High German pfuzza, German Pfütze "pool, puddle"), early borrowing from Latin puteus "well, pit, shaft." Meaning "abode of evil spirits, hell" is attested from early 13c. Pit of the stomach (1650s) is from the slight depression there between the ribs.
  • noun hole, cavity
  • verb oppose, play off
Example sentences :
  • He, Saunders, the despair of the girls for thirty years, had fallen into a pit of his own digging!
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • John was the first person to reach the door of the pit that afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Did he not release Joseph from the pit, and raise him to princely glory?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Many examples of pit dwellings have been found by industrious explorers.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • The two front rows of the pit, as usual, were full of critics.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I was in the middle of the pit, and from the pit the clamour arose.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • This, you know, like scarlet to the bull, is sufficient to enrage the Parisian pit.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I have seen such a situation earn three rounds from the pit.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • In the old time the prisoners were put in so, like Joseph into the pit.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • A dot on the desert expanded into a pit, a tower, and some small buildings.
  • Extract from : « The Big Tomorrow » by Paul Lohrman

Synonyms for pit

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