armpit | (noun) the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder | Synonyms: axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa |
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cesspit | (noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | Synonyms: cesspool, sink, sump |
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chalkpit | (noun) a quarry for chalk | Synonyms: chalk pit |
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coalpit | (noun) a mine where coal is dug from the ground | Synonyms: coal mine |
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cockpit | (noun) compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft | - |
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(noun) seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car | - |
(noun) a pit for cockfights | - |
fleapit | (noun) an old shabby movie theater | - |
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pipit | (noun) a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage | Synonyms: lark, titlark |
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pit | (noun) a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | Synonyms: quarry, stone pit |
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(noun) a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | Synonyms: colliery |
(noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole | Synonyms: pitfall |
(noun) lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | Synonyms: orchestra pit |
(noun) (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | - |
(noun) (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | - |
(noun) an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | - |
(noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | Synonyms: Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition |
(noun) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | Synonyms: cavity |
(noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: endocarp, stone |
(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | Synonyms: fossa |
pulpit | (noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | Synonyms: ambo, dais, podium, rostrum, soapbox, stump |
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sandpit | (noun) a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in | Synonyms: sandbox, sandpile |
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(noun) a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug | - |
sawpit | (noun) a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw | - |
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spit | (noun) the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | Synonyms: expectoration, spitting |
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(noun) a skewer for holding meat over a fire | - |
(noun) a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches | Synonyms: saliva, spittle |
(noun) a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea | Synonyms: tongue |
turnspit | (noun) a roasting spit that can be turned | - |
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