pit

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpɪt/

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Noun

Singular pit

Plural pits

an avocado cut open and showing the pit

1. (countable) A pit is a big hole in the ground.

   Don't fall in the pit!

2. (countable) A pit is a large seed such as that in a peach.

   The peach pit is hard. Don't bite it.

Verb

Plain form pit

Third-person singular pits

Past tense pitted

Past participle pitted

Present participle pitting

1. (transitive) If something is pitted, it is marked with little hollows.

   The metal is pitted due to the exposure to acid rain.

2. (transitive) If you pit something, you remove the seed from a fruit.

   Please pit the cherries before giving it to the children.