pit

a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'

a trap in the form of a concealed hole

(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton

a demon from the depths of the pit

a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

they dug a pit to bury the body

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

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

remove the pits from

pit plums and cherries