B2nounnaturework
US/pɪt/
UK/pɪt/
a large deep hole in the ground, often made by digging
In context
The workers dug a deep pit behind the new factory.
Children were warned not to play near the old gravel pit.
I felt a pit in my stomach when I saw the exam results.
Words that go with pit
noun + noun
- coal pitHe lost his job when the coal pit closed.
- gravel pitThe old gravel pit is now a lake.
verb + noun
- dig a pitThey dug a pit to bury the waste.
adjective + noun
- deep pitA deep pit had opened up beside the road.
- bottomless pitTheir debts were a bottomless pit.
verb + preposition
- fall into a pitOne wrong step and you could fall into a pit.
noun + preposition
- pit of my stomachI felt sick to the pit of my stomach.