Pit

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Any high walled depression in the ground, such as a quarry or (in Britain) an opencast coal mine.
Colliery, A deep-shaft underground coal mine.
Burial alive as a fictional method of execution based on The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe.
The single seed in the center of a cherry, peach, plum, olive, avocado or other fruit.
The nanometer-scale depressions holding the data in a compact disc.
The part of a race track where pit stops are conducted.
The hollow core of fissionable material in an implosion type nuclear weapon.

As a proper noun, Pit can refer to:

Hell, the "Bottomless Pit".
Pit (game), a Parker Brothers card game based on commodities exchanges.
Pits (game), a cross between whist and rummy.
Pit (Nintendo character), star of the Nintendo Entertainment System video game Kid Icarus.
University Arena, a basketball venue on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
McArthur Court, a basketball venue on the campus of the University of Oregon.

Pit can be short for:

Armpit, a part of the body.
Ball pit, a play structure.
Mosh pit, a type of dancing.
Pit bull, a type of dog.
Front ensemble, the stationary percussion section in a marching band or drum corps
Orchestra pit

PIT can be an acronym for: