Pit

1.

(បច្ចេកវិទ្យា​និង​វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ) រ៉ែធ្យូងថ្ម

• coal pit
  - អណ្តូងធ្យូងថ្ម

1.

A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation

2.

The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.

3.

A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.

4.

A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.

5.

Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades.

6.

A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.

7.

A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body

8.

The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit.

9.

The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

10.

Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.

11.

An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

12.

The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.

13.

A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To place or put into a pit or hole.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.

3.

(TRANSITIVE) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.

1.

A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado.