Pit is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like cavity or stone. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pit in a sentence
Related words
Pit meaning
- A hole in the ground.
- An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
- The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
Synonyms of Pit
Using Pit
- The main meaning on this page is: A hole in the ground. | An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race. | The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
- Useful related words include: cavity, stone, seed vessel, pericarp.
- In the example corpus, pit often appears in combinations such as: the pit, fire pit, pit and.
Context around Pit
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pit
- In this selection, "pit" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fire, open, hester, wall, design and engineering stand out and add context to how "pit" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fire pit and burned and a fire pit they admitted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pit" sits close to words such as mills, bias and detectives, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pit
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The maximum extents of the pit were determined through pit optimization of the block model. (15 words)
Open pit wall angles were determined based on independent geotechnical analysis and historical pit wall designs. (16 words)
Mining activities were focused primarily on the Nogbele pit and the lower benches of the Nangolo pit. (17 words)
Get a sneak peek at the NXT Fight Pit that will surround Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher tonightWWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle will serve as special guest referee when the former tag team partners battle in the NXT Fight Pit tonight. (42 words)
The main in-pit haulage ramp is designed at 30.9 m wide to allow a double-lane traffic, except for the last benches at the pit bottom that are designed at 20.4 m wide for single lane traffic. (40 words)
When it was his turn to carry the king’s son, he went to the dying pit and jumped into the dying pit with the king’s son and both of them died; that was the end of the story. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
There are openings for a gaming program manager, and founder roles for Design PIT, Design NYC, Engineering PIT, Engineering NYC, Product PIT, and Product NYC.
As a result, Dark Pit interferes in Pit's missions numerous times throughout the 3DS title, but similarly to Shadow Kirby, he has a surprisingly redemptive character arc by the end of the game.
The main in-pit haulage ramp is designed at 30.9 m wide to allow a double-lane traffic, except for the last benches at the pit bottom that are designed at 20.4 m wide for single lane traffic.
The trio each touched the cheesehead before throwing it into a fire pit — they admitted it was the first time they have ever started a fire pit and burned something in it.
Three distinctive pit craters dominate this area from north to south: South Pit in Mokuʻāweoweo, Luahohonu, and Luahou.
New pit shell (revised pit rim cut-off grade of 109 ppm uranium oxide) stretching beyond the bounds of the current stated resource at a 200 ppm uranium oxide cut-off.
People renting facilities at Scott Park will now have to reserve the fire pit as a separate rental, because of an increased demand for the fire pit, according to the township.
Power did not pit until after the caution came out, and he came out of the pit sequence in second place behind Palou.
Starting from the grand Seaton Delaval Hall, the circular route visits the Hester Pit Memorial Garden, where you can learn the tragic history of the Hester Pit disaster.
The maximum extents of the pit were determined through pit optimization of the block model.
Get a sneak peek at the NXT Fight Pit that will surround Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher tonightWWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle will serve as special guest referee when the former tag team partners battle in the NXT Fight Pit tonight.
Mining activities were focused primarily on the Nogbele pit and the lower benches of the Nangolo pit.
Open pit wall angles were determined based on independent geotechnical analysis and historical pit wall designs.
Pit phasing (Phases 1 through 3) was developed to maximize grade early in the mine life, with a starter pit being developed at the beginning of Phase 1 to target a shallow higher-grade zone of nickel mineralization.
The Finns are currently expanding pit storage at the home farm with the addition of a 4 million-gallon pit that should provide six months’ storage.
When it was his turn to carry the king’s son, he went to the dying pit and jumped into the dying pit with the king’s son and both of them died; that was the end of the story.
While the scoop on the end of InSight’s arm has blocked the mole from backing out of its pit again, it also blocks the arm’s camera from seeing the mole and the pit that has formed around it.
Filled with over 40 billion gallons of acidic, toxic water, heavy metals and itty-bitty microscopic bacteria lifeforms, The Berkeley Pit is a former open-pit copper mine.
Pure Nickel plans to focus on infill drilling of the known mineralization for the open pit as well as extending the open pit mineralization to the east and west for strike extensions.
The concert is free to the public, with tickets available for special access to the Concert Pit and the VIP Concert Experience, featuring its own pit, private bar, air-conditioned restrooms, and a view of backstage.
Common combinations with pit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: