| pit | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it |
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| pit | lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers |
| pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate |
| pit | a trap in the form of a concealed hole |
| pit | a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) |
| pit | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed |
| pit | a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) |
| pit | remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches |
| pit | set into opposition or rivalry |
| pit | mark with a scar |
| pit | American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat |
| pit | a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) |