Pit

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Pit may refer to:

• Any high walled depression in the ground, such as a quarry or (in Britain) an opencast coal mine.
• Colliery, A deep-shaft underground coal mine.
• Burial alive as a fictional method of execution based on The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
• The single seed in the center of a cherry, peach, plum, olive, avocado or other fruit.
• The nanometer-scale depressions holding the data in a compact disc.
• The part of a race track where pit stops are conducted.
• The hollow core of fissionable material in an implosion type nuclear weapon.
• Pit An area in a futures market where trading takes place.
• An area in a casino surrounded by gaming tables.

As a proper noun, Pit can refer to:

• Hell, the "Bottomless Pit".
• Pit (game), a Parker Brothers card game based on commodities exchanges.
• Pits (game), a cross between whist and rummy.
• Pit (Kid Icarus), star of the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Kid Icarus.
• University Arena, a basketball venue on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
• McArthur Court, a basketball venue on the campus of the University of Oregon.

Pit can be short for:

• Armpit, a part of the body.
• Ball pit, a play structure.
• Mosh pit, the location for a type of dancing.
• Pit bull, a type of dog.
• Front ensemble, the stationary percussion section in a marching band or drum corps
• Orchestra pit
• An acronym/abbreviation for Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time.

See also: PIT

Pit- As in Pita Pit