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- A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. ²
n. - A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation ²
n. - The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit. ²
n. - A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit. ²
n. - A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit. ²
n. - Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades. ²
n. - A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively. ²
n. - A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body ²
n. - The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla, or armpit. ²
n. - See Pit of the stomach (below). ²
n. - The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox. ²
n. - Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater. ²
n. - An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats. ²
n. - The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc. ²
n. - A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. ²
v. t. - To place or put into a pit or hole. ²
v. t. - To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox. ²
v. t. - To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another. ²

The word "pit" uses 3 letters: I P T.

Direct anagrams of pit:
  tip

Words formed by adding one letter before or after pit (in bold), or to ipt in any order:
a -   pita   d -   dipt   h -   pith   i -   tipi   n -   pint   o -   topi   r -   trip   s -   pits   spit   tips   y -   pity  

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it   pi   ti  

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