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pit

noun
- a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body"
Synonyms: cavity - a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Synonyms: fossa - the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
Synonyms: endocarp, stone
verb
- set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
Synonyms: match, oppose, play off - mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
Synonyms: mark, pock, scar - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
Synonyms: stone
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