Phrase Hound found 142 phrases and 172 compound words that contain pit. The most common are listed below. Open pit in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 142
- pit stopA stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle.
- pit bullA pit bull terrier.
- money pitA possession or financial commitment, especially a building or vehicle, that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable.
- pit of despairA feeling of utter dread and that there is absolutely nothing that can be done to improve the situation.
- orchestra pitA sunken area in front of a stage in which musicians, largely hidden from view, play music to accompany stage performances.
- ball pitA play area for children consisting of a pit filled with colourful plastic balls.
- snake pitA pit filled with snakes.
- clay pitA quarry for clay.
- passion pitA drive-in theatre or other unlit or dimly-lit secluded public or private location, with particular reference to it as a place of intimacy.
- bottomless pitA pit with no visible bottom and apparently infinite depth.
- grease pitA narrow pit or trench over which a vehicle can be driven and conveniently worked on from beneath.
- cherry pitThe stone of a cherry.
- elbow pitA triangular area on the anterior side of the elbow, the crook of the arm.
- pit bull terrierA medium-sized dog historically bred for dogfighting.
- pit laneA lane adjacent (usually on the inner curve) to a racetrack where the competing teams' garages are situated.
- pit bossA direct overseer of laborers in a mining operation.
- mosh pitThe spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
- saw-pitAlternative form of sawpit: A pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawn with a long two-handled saw (a pitsaw) by two people, one standing above the timber and the other in the pit below.
- pit viperAny of various venomous snakes, of the subfamily Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or fossa on either side of the head that enables them to detect prey by infrared.
- gravel pitA quarry from which gravel for construction purposes is obtained.
- seed pitA single seed in the center of a cherry, peach, plum, olive, avocado or other fruit.
- tree pitAn underground soil area for tree roots (often with root barriers to direct roots downwards), and the surface treatment for pedestrian safety, and irrigation. Can be used as a flowerbed.
- peach pitThe stone of a peach.
- conversation pitA depressed section of flooring within a larger room, having built-in seating and sometimes a central table.
- pit-a-patRepresenting a series of quick tapping sounds.
Compound words 172
- armpitThe cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- cockpitA pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
- pitfallA type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, into which the victim is supposed to fall and not be able to get out from.
- sandpitA place or pit from which sand is excavated.
- firepitA pit dug in the ground, or constructed from stones, in which a fire is made, principally for cooking.
- sawpitA pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawn with a long two-handled saw (a pitsaw) by two people, one standing above the timber and the other in the pit below.
- pithouseA primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.
- tarpitA lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar.
- washpitAn outdoor pit with water running through it, used to wash livestock.
- coalpitA pit where coal is extracted.