A sizeable hole (usually in the ground):
— They dug a pit to bury the body.

synonym: cavity.

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel^†; transforation^†; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot.    opening; aperture, apertness^†; hiation^†, yawning, oscitancy^†, dehiscence, patefaction^†, pandiculation^†; chasm etc. (interval) 198.    embrasure, window, casement; abatjour^†; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel [Arch.]; dormer, lantern.    outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand^†, wizen, nozzle; placket.    portal, porch, gate, ostiary^†, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway^†, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate^†.    way, path etc. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe etc. 350; air pipe etc. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage^†, ajutage^†; ostium^†; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit^†, shaft; gallery.    alley, aisle, glade, vista.    bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite^†, thundertube^†.    porousness, porosity.    sieve, cullender^†, colander; cribble^†, riddle, screen; honeycomb.    apertion^†, perforation; piercing etc. v.; terebration^†, empalement^†, pertusion^†, puncture, acupuncture, penetration.    key etc. 631, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout.    ... show more

Roget 252: concavity, depression, dip; hollow, hollowness; indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus^†, lacuna; excavation, strip mine; trough etc. (furrow) 259; honeycomb.    cup, basin, crater, punch bowl; cell etc. (receptacle) 191; socket.    valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe^†, bottom, slade^†, strath^†, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove; grot^†, grotto; alcove, cul-de-sac; gully etc. 198; arch etc. (curve) 245; bay etc. (of the sea) 343.    excavator, sapper, miner.    honeycomb (sponge) 252.1. ... show more

Roget 208: depth; deepness etc. adj.; profundity, depression etc. (concavity) 252.    hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf etc. 198; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit^†, hell.    soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion; plummet, sound, probe; sounding rod, sounding line; lead.    bathymetry.    [instrument to measure depth] sonar, side-looking sonar; bathometer^†.    ... show more

Roget 599: the drama, the stage, the theater, the play; film the film, movies, motion pictures, cinema, cinematography; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, buskin, sock, cothurnus^†, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis.    play, drama, stage play, piece [Fr.], five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta^†, lever de rideau [Fr.], interlude, afterpiece^†, exode^†, farce, divertissement, extravaganza, burletta^†, harlequinade^†, pantomime, burlesque, opera bouffe [Fr.], ballet, spectacle, masque, drame comedie drame [Fr.]; melodrama, melodrame^†; comidie larmoyante [Fr.], sensation drama; tragicomedy, farcical-comedy; monodrame monologue; duologue trilogy^†; charade, proverbs; mystery, miracle play; musical, musical comedy.    [movies] western, horse opera; flick [Coll.]; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film.    act, scene, tableau; induction, introduction; prologue, epilogue; libretto.    performance, representation, mise en scene [Fr.], stagery^†, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; acting; gesture etc. 550; impersonation etc. 554; stage business, gag, buffoonery.    light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy.    theater; playhouse, opera house; house; music hall; amphitheater, circus, hippodrome, theater in the round; puppet show, fantoccini^†; marionettes, Punch and Judy.    auditory, auditorium, front of the house, stalls, boxes, pit, gallery, parquet; greenroom, coulisses [Fr.].    flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, side scene; transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium.    stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra.    theatrical costume, theatrical properties.    movie studio, back lot, on location.    part, role, character, dramatis personae [Lat.]; repertoire.    actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer^†; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter [Slang]; masker^†.    pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo^†, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello^†; pulcinello^†, pulcinella^†; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante^†, general utility; super, supernumerary.    company; first tragedian, prima donna [Sp.], protagonist; jeune premier [Fr.]; debutant, debutante [Fr.]; light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso^†, heavy father, ingenue [Fr.], jeune veuve [Fr.].    mummer, guiser^†, guisard^†, gysart^†, masque.    mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; chorus singer; coryphee danseuse [Fr.].    property man, costumier, machinist; prompter, call boy; manager; director, stage manager, acting manager.    producer, entrepreneur, impresario; backer, investor, angel [Fig.].    dramatic author, dramatic writer; play writer, playwright; dramatist, mimographer^†.    ... show more

Dutch: kuil

A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).

synonym: fossa.

Dutch: put

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.

Roget 363: interment, burial, sepulture^†; inhumation^†; obsequies, exequies^†; funeral, wake, pyre, funeral pile; cremation.    funeral, funeral rite, funeral solemnity; kneel, passing bell, tolling; dirge etc. (lamentation) 839; cypress; orbit, dead march, muffled drum; mortuary, undertaker, mute; elegy; funeral, funeral oration, funeral sermon; epitaph.    graveclothes^†, shroud, winding sheet, cerecloth; cerement.    coffin, shell, sarcophagus, urn, pall, bier, hearse, catafalque, cinerary urn^†.    grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate^†; burning ghat^†; crematorium, crematory; dokhma^†, mastaba^†, potter's field, stupa^†, Tower of Silence.    sexton, gravedigger.    monument, cenotaph, shrine; grave stone, head stone, tomb stone; memento mori [Lat.]; hatchment^†, stone; obelisk, pyramid.    exhumation, disinterment; necropsy, autopsy, post mortem examination [Lat.]; zoothapsis^†.    ... show more

Dutch: steen, endocarpium, endocarp
Polish: endokarp

Christianity The abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment:
— A demon from the depths of the pit.

synonyms: Hell, infernal region, Inferno, nether region, perdition.

Dutch: verderf, eeuwige, hel, verdoemenis

An enclosure in which animals are made to fight.

commodity exchange The part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on.

Dutch: één april

auto racing An area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled.

Dutch: put, pit

A trap in the form of a concealed hole.

synonym: pitfall.

Dutch: valkuil
Polish: wilczy dół

A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate:
— A British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'.

synonyms: quarry, stone pit.

Dutch: steengroeve, groeve
Polish: kamieniołom

Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers.

synonym: orchestra pit.

Dutch: orkestbak
Polish: fosa orkiestrowa, kanał, kanał dla orkiestry, podscenie

A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.

synonym: colliery.

Dutch: kolenmijn, koolmijn, steenkolenmijn

Set into opposition or rivalry:
— Pit a chess player against the Russian champion.

synonyms: match, oppose, play off.

Mark with a scar.

synonyms: mark, pock, scar.

Dutch: litteken

Remove the pits from:
— Pit plums and cherries.

synonym: stone.