Phrase Hound found 61 phrases and 60 compound words that contain pits. The most common are listed below. Open pits in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 61
- ball pitsplural of ball pit: A play area for children consisting of a pit filled with colourful plastic balls.
- bear pitsplural of bear pit: A bear garden; a place where bears are kept.
- bell pitsplural of bell pit: A primitive mine consisting of a shaft that is gradually enlarged with a sloping roof as material is removed.
- borrow pitsplural of borrow pit: A pit that is dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.
- burn pitsplural of burn pit: An open-air pit where waste is burned. Long-term exposure to its smoke is associated with health problems.
- circle pitsplural of circle pit: A dance at a concert where participants mosh in a circular path, leaving the centre clear.
- gravel pitsplural of gravel pit: A quarry from which gravel for construction purposes is obtained.
- knee pitsplural of knee pit: The shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint; the backside of the knee.
- rifle pitsplural of rifle pit: A trench dug to shelter riflemen.
- tar pitsplural of tar pit: A 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.
- mosh pitsplural of mosh pit: The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
- whirling pitsAn unpleasant sensation of spinning after consuming alcohol or other drugs.
- arm pitsplural of arm pit: The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- ash pitsplural of ash pit: A pit for the disposal of ashes.
- catch pitsplural of catch pit: A chamber in a drainage system designed to catch sediment and debris.
- cherry pitsplural of cherry pit: The stone of a cherry.
- clay pitsplural of clay pit: A quarry for clay.
- coal pitsplural of coal pit: A pit where coal is extracted.
- conversation pitsplural of conversation pit: A depressed section of flooring within a larger room, having built-in seating and sometimes a central table.
- corn-pitsplural of corn-pit: A deep hole or recess in the ground in which corn or maize are stored.
- cyclone pitsplural of cyclone pit: a domestic underground shelter used as protection from severe winds
- dish pitsplural of dish pit: The dishwashing area in a restaurant.
- elbow pitsplural of elbow pit: A triangular area on the anterior side of the elbow, the crook of the arm.
- fire pitsplural of fire pit: A pit dug in the ground, or constructed from stones, in which a fire is made, principally for cooking.
- flea pitsplural of flea pit: A dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema.
Compound words 60
- armpitsplural of armpit: The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.
- pitstopAlternative form of pit stop: A stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel and perform other periodic maintenance on the vehicle.
- cockpitsplural of cockpit: A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
- pulpitsplural of pulpit: A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.
- firepitsplural of firepit: A pit dug in the ground, or constructed from stones, in which a fire is made, principally for cooking.
- PitsfordA village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7568).
- PitstoneA village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP9315).
- nanopitsplural of nanopit: A nanoscale pit
- ashpitsplural of ashpit: A pit for the disposal of ashes.
- ballpitsplural of ballpit: A play area for children consisting of a pit filled with colourful plastic balls.