Definition of "pit" []

• A natural or artificial hole or cavity in the ground. (noun)
• An excavation for the removal of mineral deposits; a mine. (noun)
• The shaft of a mine. (noun)
• A concealed hole in the ground used as a trap; a pitfall. (noun)
• Hell. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The boxes and other parts of the house were crammed, with the exception of the pit, which looked beggarly; on which an actor observed to a brother of the sock, "We've no _pit_ to-night.""
• "Outside of what we term pit and dress circle is a partition, three or four feet high, dividing them from a promenade ten or fifteen feet wide."
• "Moreover, the term pit bull isn't really a breed at all."