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| Main Entry: |
pit
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole, cavity |
| Synonyms: | abyss, chasm, crater, dent, depression, dimple, excavation, grave, gulf, hell, hollow, indentation, mine, perforation, pockmark, pothole, puncture, shaft, tomb, trench, well |
| Antonyms: | mountain |
| Main Entry: | abyss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something very deep, usually a feature of land |
| Synonyms: | abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void |
| Main Entry: | arena |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or enclosure for entertainment or sports |
| Synonyms: | amphitheatre, boards, bowl, circus, coliseum, course, diamond, field, gridiron, ground, gym, gymnasium, hippodrome, ice, park, pit, platform, ring, rink, square, stadium, stage |
Example Sentences
- Most of these images play on her self-representation as barracuda and pit bull, as well as her dress and her personality.
- With a small group of graduate students, he struggles to dig a pit.
- Large conch shells mark the corners and sides of the burial pit.
| Main Entry: | bore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drill hole |
| Synonyms: | burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel |
| Notes: | a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious |
| Main Entry: | cavity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sunken or decayed area |
| Synonyms: | armpit, atrium, basin, bursa, caries, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, gap, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, socket, vacuity, void |
| Main Entry: | container |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holder for physical object |
| Synonyms: | alembic, bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canister, canteen, capsule, carafe, carton, cask, casket, cauldron, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, firkin, flask, hamper, hod, hopper, humidor, hutch, jar, jeroboam, jug, kettle, magnum, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, stein, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial |
| Main Entry: | counter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer, respond in retaliation |
| Synonyms: | backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, counterwork, cross, dash, disappoint, fly in the face of, foil, frustrate, have bone to pick, hinder, hit back, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, play off, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, ward off |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, scrape, chip |
| Synonyms: | cavity, con-cavity, crater, crenel, cut, dimple, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, hollow, impression, incision, indentation, nick, notch, pit, scallop, score, scratch, sink, trough |
| Antonyms: | bulge |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chip, scrape, depress |
| Synonyms: | dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch |
| Antonyms: | bulge |
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