What is another word for pit?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈɪt], [ pˈɪt], [ p_ˈɪ_t]
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Similar words for pit:
- arena (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- cavity (noun)
- commodity exchange (noun)
- container (noun)
- crater (noun)
- dent (noun)
- depression (noun)
- depth (noun)
- dimple (noun)
- excavation (noun)
- freckle (noun)
- gymnasium (noun)
- hell (noun)
- hole (noun)
- hole, cavity (noun)
- leak (noun)
- living hell (noun)
- mine (noun)
- perdition (noun)
- pit (noun)
- pitfall (noun)
- stadium (noun)
- tunnel (noun)
- vault (noun)
- well (noun)
- bore (verb)
- counter (verb)
- dent (verb)
- dig (verb)
- hollow (verb)
- indent (verb)
- oppose (verb)
- perforate (verb)
- thwart (verb)
- vie (verb)
Synonyms for Pit:
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n.
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- blowhole .
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- aisle ,
- backcloth ,
- backdrop ,
- box office ,
- convex .
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- Daytona Beach ,
- auto racing ,
- autocross ,
- checkered flag ,
- crash helmet ,
- drag race ,
- dragster ,
- grand prix ,
- support .
- amphitheatres ,
- gyms ,
- ice ,
- rink ,
- rinks .
- pit .
- HODS ,
- alembic ,
- alembics ,
- canister ,
- canisters ,
- carafe ,
- carafes ,
- cauldron ,
- cauldrons ,
- firkin ,
- firkins ,
- hod ,
- hopper ,
- hoppers ,
- humidor ,
- humidors ,
- jeroboam ,
- jeroboams ,
- jug ,
- magnum ,
- magnums ,
- poke ,
- pottery ,
- stein ,
- steins ,
- vase ,
- vials .
- dis interring ,
- dis-interring ,
- disinterrings ,
- exhumings ,
- scoopings ,
- shovelings ,
- un earthing ,
- un-earthing ,
- unearthings .
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v.
• bore • counter- Counter-work ,
- Re-turn ,
- backtalked ,
- backtalking ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter work ,
- counter worked ,
- counter working ,
- counter works ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- counter-worked ,
- counter-working ,
- counter-works ,
- counterworked ,
- counterworks ,
- dis appoint ,
- dis appointed ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis appoints ,
- dis-appoint ,
- dis-appointed ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-appoints ,
- flew face of ,
- flew in face of ,
- flew in the face of ,
- flew the face of ,
- flies face of ,
- flies in face of ,
- flies in the face of ,
- flies the face of ,
- fly face of ,
- fly the face of ,
- flying face of ,
- flying in face of ,
- flying in the face of ,
- flying the face of ,
- had bone pick ,
- had bone to pick ,
- haddest bone pick ,
- haddest bone to pick ,
- hadst bone pick ,
- hadst bone to pick ,
- has bone pick ,
- has bone to pick ,
- hast bone pick ,
- hast bone to pick ,
- hath bone pick ,
- hath bone to pick ,
- have bone pick ,
- having bone pick ,
- having bone to pick ,
- hits back ,
- hitting back ,
- playing off ,
- plays off ,
- re turn ,
- re turning ,
- re turns ,
- re-turned ,
- re-turning ,
- re-turns ,
- thumbsed down ,
- thumbses down ,
- thumbsing down .
- made concave ,
- makes concave ,
- making concave ,
- pressed in ,
- presses in ,
- pressing in ,
- pushed in ,
- pushes in ,
- pushing in .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- digged down ,
- digging down ,
- digs down ,
- dis cover ,
- dis covered ,
- dis covering ,
- dis covers ,
- dis-cover ,
- dis-covered ,
- dis-covering ,
- dis-covers ,
- dug down ,
- ex cavate ,
- ex hume ,
- ex-cavate ,
- ex-hume ,
- forking out ,
- forks out ,
- go in to ,
- pro bed ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-bed ,
- pro-duces ,
- rooted out ,
- roots out ,
- scooped out ,
- scooping out ,
- scoops out ,
- un cover ,
- un covered ,
- un covering ,
- un covers ,
- un earth ,
- un earthed ,
- un earths ,
- un-cover ,
- un-covering ,
- un-covers ,
- un-earth ,
- un-earthed ,
- un-earths ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- counter balance ,
- counter balanced ,
- counter balances ,
- counter balancing ,
- counter-balanced ,
- counter-balancing ,
- sets against .
- poke full holes ,
- poked full holes ,
- poked full of holes ,
- pokes full holes ,
- pokes full of holes ,
- poking full holes ,
- poking full of holes ,
- shoot full holes ,
- shooting full holes ,
- shooting full of holes ,
- shoots full holes ,
- shoots full of holes ,
- shot full holes ,
- shot full of holes .
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the slip ,
- give slip ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the slip ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the slip ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witting ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- snafuing ,
- takes wind out of ,
- taking wind out of ,
- took wind out of ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting ,
- upset one apple cart ,
- upset ones apple cart ,
- upsets apple cart ,
- upsets one apple cart ,
- upsets one's apple cart ,
- upsets ones apple cart ,
- upsetting apple cart ,
- upsetting one apple cart ,
- upsetting one's apple cart ,
- upsetting ones apple cart .
- am rivals ,
- are rivals ,
- art rivals ,
- being rivals ,
- go for gold ,
- goes for broke ,
- goes for gold ,
- goes for jugular ,
- goes for the gold ,
- goes for the jugular ,
- going for gold ,
- going for jugular ,
- going for the gold ,
- going for the jugular ,
- is rivals ,
- jockeyed for position ,
- jockeying for position ,
- jockeys for position ,
- scrambled for ,
- scrambles for ,
- scrambling for ,
- was rivals ,
- wast rivals ,
- went for broke ,
- went for gold ,
- went for jugular ,
- went for the gold ,
- went for the jugular ,
- were rivals ,
- wert rivals .
Other synonyms:
- armpit ,
- bomb site ,
- cesspit ,
- cesspool ,
- gymnasium ,
- hovel ,
- pigsty ,
- pip ,
- rat trap ,
- shambles ,
- silo ,
- sinkhole ,
- trap ,
- vault .
- blow ,
- cloud ,
- crime ,
- deterrence ,
- deterrent ,
- disincentive ,
- evil ,
- goad ,
- hammer blow ,
- kiss of death .
- dent ,
- footprint ,
- impression ,
- imprint ,
- indentation ,
- stamp ,
- track .
- coal ,
- coal mine ,
- coal miner ,
- coal mining ,
- coalfield ,
- conflict diamonds ,
- gallery ,
- gold rush ,
- goldmine .
- concavity ,
- excavation ,
- mudbath ,
- pigpen ,
- seed .
- depression ,
- kernel .
- sag .
- bait ,
- barb ,
- cockpit ,
- creel ,
- decoy ,
- dragnet ,
- drift net ,
- drifter ,
- fishing line ,
- fishing rod .
- bear ,
- bear market ,
- bearish ,
- bid ,
- bid price ,
- bondholder ,
- broker-dealer ,
- bull ,
- bull market ,
- bullish .
Other relevant words:
- Catting ,
- Concaved ,
- Concaving ,
- Corrugating ,
- Counterwork ,
- Dishing ,
- Hoed ,
- Hoeing ,
- Infesting ,
- Jagging ,
- Parried ,
- Peppered ,
- Peppering ,
- Quarried ,
- Rabbeted ,
- Rabbeting ,
- Responding ,
- Rutting ,
- Scalloping ,
- Scotched ,
- Scotching ,
- Spaded ,
- Spading ,
- Trenched ,
- Trenching ,
- Vied ,
- be rivals ,
- catted ,
- cave in ,
- caves in ,
- caving in ,
- concaves ,
- corrugate ,
- corrugates ,
- counter ,
- counterworking ,
- dig ,
- dig down ,
- dished ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- fly in face of ,
- fly in the face of ,
- fork out ,
- forked out ,
- go for broke ,
- go for jugular ,
- go for the gold ,
- go for the jugular ,
- going for broke ,
- grooved ,
- grooving ,
- grub ,
- have bone to pick ,
- hit back ,
- hoe ,
- hoes ,
- indent ,
- infests ,
- jockey for position ,
- offsetting ,
- oppose ,
- out wit ,
- perforate ,
- pink ,
- play off ,
- played off ,
- quarrying ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- rabbet ,
- rabbets ,
- riddle ,
- root out ,
- rooting out ,
- rutted ,
- scalloped ,
- scoop out ,
- scotches ,
- scramble for ,
- search ,
- searches ,
- serrates ,
- serrating ,
- shovel ,
- snafued ,
- take on ,
- take wind out of ,
- thwart ,
- turn over ,
- up set ,
- upset apple cart ,
- upset one's apple cart ,
- vie ,
- ward off .
- Dimpling ,
- Dinted ,
- Dinting ,
- Furrowing ,
- Gouging ,
- Ridging ,
- dimpled ,
- furrowed ,
- make concave ,
- press in ,
- push in ,
- ridge ,
- ridged .
- Abaddon ,
- Adjutage ,
- Air pipe ,
- Ajutage ,
- Alveary ,
- Archenemy ,
- Boxes ,
- Cist ,
- Evil One ,
- Foundery ,
- Funnel Chest ,
- Grave yard ,
- Hell ,
- Indention ,
- Nailery ,
- Ossuarium ,
- Ossuary ,
- Ostium ,
- Pock-mark ,
- Purlieu ,
- Research Institute ,
- Sheol ,
- Sink-hole ,
- Stupa ,
- VUG ,
- abysm ,
- abyss ,
- acorn ,
- acting area ,
- adit ,
- agora ,
- aim ,
- air duct ,
- air shaft ,
- alveolation ,
- alveolus ,
- amphitheater ,
- amphitheatre ,
- antagonize ,
- antrum ,
- aperture ,
- apiary ,
- apron ,
- apron stage ,
- aquarium ,
- arch fiend ,
- armory ,
- athletic field ,
- atom ,
- atomic ,
- audience ,
- auditory ,
- aviary ,
- awful ,
- background ,
- backstage ,
- balance ,
- balcony ,
- band shell ,
- bandstand ,
- bank ,
- barrow ,
- be against ,
- bear garden ,
- beauty parlor ,
- beehive ,
- beehive tomb ,
- berry ,
- bindery ,
- bird seed ,
- birthmark ,
- blackhead ,
- blackjack ,
- blaze ,
- bleb ,
- blemish ,
- blister ,
- board ,
- boards ,
- bodily cavity ,
- bone house ,
- booby trap ,
- bourse ,
- bowl ,
- box ,
- box grave ,
- box seat ,
- boxing ring ,
- brand ,
- breach ,
- break ,
- break with ,
- bridge ,
- bruise ,
- bulb ,
- bull ring ,
- bulla ,
- bump heads with ,
- burial ,
- burial chamber ,
- burial ground ,
- burial mound ,
- burning ghat ,
- burrow ,
- cairn ,
- calculus ,
- campus ,
- canal ,
- cannery ,
- canvas ,
- caries ,
- catacomb ,
- catacombs ,
- cave ,
- cavern ,
- cavum ,
- cell ,
- cemetery ,
- cenotaph ,
- channel ,
- charnel house ,
- check ,
- check off ,
- chimney ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- cicatrix ,
- cicatrize ,
- circus ,
- cist grave ,
- cleft ,
- coliseum ,
- collate ,
- collective noun ,
- colliery ,
- colosseum ,
- comedo ,
- commemorate ,
- commodity exchange ,
- common enemy ,
- compare with ,
- concave ,
- concretion ,
- confront ,
- congregation ,
- container ,
- contend ,
- contradict ,
- contrast ,
- contravene ,
- control ,
- controvert ,
- cope with ,
- corm ,
- corn pit ,
- correspond ,
- corrode ,
- coulisse ,
- counteract ,
- counterbalance ,
- couple ,
- course ,
- crack ,
- cranny ,
- craze ,
- crematorium ,
- crematory ,
- crevice ,
- cromlech ,
- cross off ,
- cross out ,
- crypt ,
- cup ,
- curb ,
- curb market ,
- cut ,
- dale ,
- dead house ,
- deadfall ,
- declare war ,
- deep-six ,
- deface ,
- defacement ,
- defect ,
- defend ,
- deformation ,
- deformity ,
- dell ,
- delve ,
- den ,
- den of iniquity ,
- denounce ,
- dental caries ,
- depress ,
- depressed ,
- depth ,
- depths ,
- differentiate ,
- difficult situation ,
- diggings ,
- dimple ,
- dint ,
- dip ,
- discolor ,
- disfavor ,
- disfiguration ,
- disfigurement ,
- dispiritedness ,
- distinguish ,
- distortion ,
- disunite ,
- ditch ,
- dive ,
- dock ,
- dockyard ,
- dolmen ,
- dress circle ,
- dressing room ,
- duck pond ,
- duct ,
- egg ,
- embroil ,
- embryo ,
- enclosed space ,
- endocarp ,
- engrave ,
- entangle ,
- equal ,
- equalise ,
- equalize ,
- equate ,
- erode ,
- evil spirit ,
- exchange ,
- face ,
- fair game ,
- fathom ,
- fault ,
- fauteuil ,
- feel ,
- field ,
- fight ,
- fight back ,
- fight down ,
- finish ,
- fishery ,
- fissure ,
- fistula ,
- fit ,
- flaw ,
- flaxseed ,
- flies ,
- floor ,
- flower bed ,
- flue ,
- fly floor ,
- fly gallery ,
- fold ,
- follicle ,
- forestage ,
- forge ,
- forum ,
- fossa ,
- fossa cat ,
- foundry ,
- freckle ,
- fruit ,
- funnel ,
- furnace ,
- furrow ,
- game ,
- gap ,
- gem ,
- gemstone ,
- genus fossa ,
- germ ,
- gibe ,
- glen ,
- gold mine ,
- grade ,
- grain ,
- grave ,
- greenroom ,
- grid ,
- gridiron ,
- groove ,
- ground ,
- ground floor ,
- groundling ,
- gulf ,
- gully ,
- gut ,
- gym ,
- hall ,
- hayseed ,
- hell-hole ,
- hellhole ,
- hemangioma ,
- hickey ,
- hinder ,
- hippodrome ,
- hive ,
- hollow ,
- hollow out ,
- hollowness ,
- honeycomb ,
- hotbed ,
- hothouse ,
- house ,
- humble ,
- impress ,
- indenture ,
- infernal region ,
- infernal regions ,
- inferno ,
- infinitesimal ,
- intaglio ,
- jibe ,
- join issue ,
- juxtapose ,
- keloid ,
- kink ,
- kitchen ,
- lab ,
- label ,
- laboratory ,
- lacuna ,
- lapidate ,
- last home ,
- leak ,
- lentigo ,
- lightboard ,
- linseed ,
- lists ,
- living hell ,
- locale ,
- lode ,
- loge ,
- long home ,
- loom ,
- lousy ,
- low ,
- low-level ,
- low-lying ,
- lowly ,
- main ,
- make a stand ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- mark up ,
- marketplace ,
- mastaba ,
- mat ,
- match ,
- mate ,
- mausoleum ,
- meet ,
- meet head-on ,
- menagerie ,
- milieu ,
- milium ,
- mine ,
- mine shaft ,
- mint ,
- mole ,
- monstrance ,
- morgue ,
- mote ,
- nadir ,
- nap ,
- narrow ,
- near ,
- necropolis ,
- nether region ,
- netherworld ,
- nevus ,
- niche ,
- nick ,
- nock ,
- nook ,
- notch ,
- note ,
- notice ,
- nub ,
- nuclear ,
- nucleus ,
- nursery ,
- nut ,
- open cut ,
- opencast ,
- opening ,
- oppugn ,
- orchestra ,
- orchestra circle ,
- orchestra pit ,
- orifice ,
- over-the-counter market ,
- ovule ,
- ovum ,
- pair ,
- palaestra ,
- pan ,
- paradise ,
- parquet ,
- parquet circle ,
- parterre ,
- passage ,
- passage grave ,
- passageway ,
- path ,
- peanut gallery ,
- pebble ,
- penetrate ,
- perdition ,
- perforation ,
- pile ,
- pimple ,
- pipe ,
- pitfall ,
- pits ,
- place ,
- place of torment ,
- platform ,
- pock ,
- pockmark ,
- poor ,
- pop ,
- port-wine mark ,
- port-wine stain ,
- pothole ,
- potter's field ,
- power plant ,
- precinct ,
- prey ,
- prize ring ,
- proscenium ,
- protest against ,
- protuberance ,
- public square ,
- punch ,
- punch bowl ,
- punch in ,
- punctuate ,
- purgatory ,
- pustule ,
- put in opposition ,
- pyramid ,
- quarry ,
- range ,
- react ,
- recess ,
- recessed ,
- refinery ,
- reliquary ,
- rent ,
- resist ,
- restrain ,
- rift ,
- ring ,
- rock ,
- run counter to ,
- rut ,
- sandpit ,
- scab ,
- scar ,
- scarify ,
- scene ,
- scene of action ,
- scenery ,
- scheol ,
- scoop ,
- score ,
- scratch ,
- sebaceous cyst ,
- separation ,
- sepulcher ,
- sepulchre ,
- set ,
- set against ,
- set at naught ,
- set at odds ,
- set back ,
- set in ,
- setting ,
- shag ,
- shell ,
- short ,
- shrine ,
- sight glass ,
- sink ,
- sinus ,
- site ,
- slip ,
- slit ,
- slot ,
- smear ,
- smokestack ,
- smudge ,
- snakes ,
- socket ,
- sow dissension ,
- space ,
- spectator ,
- sphere ,
- split ,
- spore ,
- spot ,
- stadium ,
- stage ,
- stage left ,
- stage right ,
- stage set ,
- stage setting ,
- stain ,
- stall ,
- stalls ,
- standing room ,
- stigmatise ,
- stigmatize ,
- stock exchange ,
- stock market ,
- stock ticker ,
- stone ,
- stone fruit ,
- stone pit ,
- strawberry mark ,
- streak ,
- strike off ,
- strike out ,
- strip mine ,
- structure ,
- subaqueous ,
- submersed ,
- sunken ,
- surface ,
- surface texture ,
- switchboard ,
- tamp ,
- tap ,
- target ,
- tempter ,
- terrain ,
- terrible ,
- texture ,
- the boards ,
- theater ,
- thoroughfare ,
- tick off ,
- ticker ,
- ticker tape ,
- tiltyard ,
- tomb ,
- tooth decay ,
- tope ,
- touch ,
- tower of silence ,
- trace ,
- trading post ,
- trash can ,
- trench ,
- trough ,
- tube ,
- tuber ,
- tubule ,
- tumulus ,
- twin ,
- twist ,
- underworld ,
- usine ,
- valley ,
- vat ,
- vein ,
- verruca ,
- vesicle ,
- vessel ,
- vineyard ,
- vivarium ,
- vote against ,
- wale ,
- walk ,
- warp ,
- wart ,
- water pipe ,
- way ,
- weal ,
- weave ,
- welt ,
- wen ,
- wharf ,
- wheat pit ,
- whitehead ,
- wings ,
- withstand ,
- woof ,
- working ,
- workings ,
- worst ,
- wrestling ring ,
- yard ,
- ziggurat ,
- zoological garden .
- Bursae ,
- Daisies ,
- Foramina ,
- Maculae ,
- Moles ,
- Pigmentations ,
- Short circuit ,
- TUNS ,
- Unearthing ,
- Well-spring ,
- area ,
- athletic club ,
- blastings ,
- bursa ,
- caldera ,
- cavity ,
- concave shape ,
- coverts ,
- crater ,
- crawl space ,
- crawlway ,
- cross cut ,
- cuttings ,
- daisy ,
- dirty ,
- earthwork ,
- earthworks ,
- entrenchment ,
- entrenchments ,
- exercise room ,
- eyelet ,
- eyelets ,
- fictitious place ,
- foramen ,
- fosse ,
- fosses ,
- foxhole ,
- foxholes ,
- gaps ,
- hole ,
- hole in the ground ,
- hole in the wall ,
- imaginary place ,
- incurvation ,
- incurvature ,
- keyhole ,
- keyholes ,
- leakage ,
- leakages ,
- leakings ,
- macula ,
- mythical place ,
- nature ,
- out goings ,
- outgoings ,
- peephole ,
- pepper ,
- peppers ,
- percolation ,
- pericarp ,
- pigmentation ,
- ravine ,
- recreation center ,
- safes ,
- seed vessel ,
- short circuits ,
- sockets ,
- strong room ,
- sweatshop ,
- sweatshops ,
- tortures of the damned ,
- treasure trove ,
- treasury ,
- tun ,
- under pass ,
- underpass ,
- underpasses ,
- waterway ,
- waterways ,
- well ,
- whirlpool ,
- window ,
- work ,
- workplace ,
- wrong .
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How to use "Pit" in context?
The pit refers to an underground hole, opening, or excavation in the earth. They can be natural or artificial, and can form due to a number of reasons including volcanism, mining, agriculture, or construction. Pits can be quite large or small, and can be found in a variety of settings including deserts, rainforests, and tundra.
Paraphrases for Pit:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
tips.
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Verb, base form
lay.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
excavation, precipice.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Pit:
- potato, pitt, pip out, put, pipet, pied, pity, petty, pate, puff out, pitot, pood, paiute, pay out, pewit, petitio, padda, poop out, pahautea, PTO, pedate, puffed, pupate, pivot, pipit, putty, piety, peyote, peat, poppy day, ptah, payday, phd, Pee Dee, pothead, popeyed, putout, putt, pipidae, pt, poet, pieta, pop out, pat, paved, pod, poitou, pith, pot, pipette, potto, Ph.D., puppet, peptide, phaeophyta, papeete, PDA, peaty, pd, peewit, pita, piute, patio, puffed wheat, put to death, photo, puppy fat, pathway, poppet, petite, pedwood, put out, peabody, phot, pitot head, patty, pithy, pittidae, pout, pea pod, puttee, pitta, pid, pitahaya, put away, path, peeved, padded, potty, pud, pet, potted, pithead, pith hat, paddy, pitted, pythia, padua, paid, pie-eyed, pad, pay heed.
Holonyms for Pit:
n.
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commodities market, commodity exchange, commodities exchange.
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Hyponym for Pit:
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- even-handed.