pits
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Is pits a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)Examples: "they dug a pit to bury the body"Synonyms: cavity, pit
2. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)Synonyms: fossa, pit
3. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seedExamples: "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"Synonyms: endocarp, pit, stone
4. (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; - John Milton; ; -Dr. JohnsonExamples: "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"Synonyms: Hell, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, perdition, pitAntonyms: Heaven
5. an enclosure in which animals are made to fightSynonyms: pit
6. (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried onSynonyms: pit
verb (English)
1. set into opposition or rivalryExamples: "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"Synonyms: match, oppose, pit, play off
2. mark with a scarExamples: "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"Synonyms: mark, pit, pock, scar
3. remove the pits fromExamples: "pit plums and cherries"Synonyms: pit, stone
Definition source: Wiktionary