| pith | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, substance, sum |
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| (noun) soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants | - |
| (verb) remove the pith from (a plant) | - |
| pithead | (noun) the entrance to a coal mine | - |
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| pithily | (adverb) in a pithy sententious manner | Synonyms: sententiously |
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| pithiness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, succinctness |
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| pithouse | (noun) a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside. | Synonyms: dug-out, dugout, pit-house |
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| pithy | (adjective) concise and full of meaning | Synonyms: sententious |
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