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  • 11Pit kiln — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… …

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  • 12Pit martin — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… …

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  • 13Pit of the stomach — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… …

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  • 14Pit saw — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… …

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  • 15pit stop — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… …

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  • 16Pit viper — Pit Pit, n. [OE. pit, put, AS. pytt a pit, hole, L. puteus a well, pit.] 1. A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation; specifically: (a) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal… …

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  • 17coal mine — also coal pit BrE n a place from which coal is dug out of the ground >coal miner n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18coal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ember, cinder; charcoal, briquette (see fuel). See heat. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mineral fuel] Syn. mineral coal, coke, fossil fuel; see fuel . Types of coal include: hard coal, soft coal, charcoal,… …

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  • 19pit — n. 1. Cavity, hollow. 2. Indentation, dent, dint, depression, dimple. 3. Excavation, hole, cavity, hollow, well. 4. Coal mine, coal pit. 5. Vat. 6. Gulf, abyss. 7. [With The prefixed.] Hell …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 20coal mine — also coal pit noun (C) a mine from which coal is dug …

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