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(verb) remove the pits from, as of certain fruit such as peaches |
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Synonyms: stone |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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(verb) set into opposition or rivalry |
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Synonyms: match, oppose |
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Related Words: confront, face |
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(noun) an open-surface excavation for extracting stone or slate: "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" |
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Synonyms: quarry, stone pit |
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Related Words: chalkpit, excavation, hole in the ground, trou-de-loup |
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(noun) a trap in the form of a concealed hole |
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Synonyms: pitfall |
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Related Words: trap |
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(noun) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground); "they dug a pit to bury the body" |
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Synonyms: cavity |
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Related Words: divot, hole, hollow, quicksand, sandpit, sawpit, tar pit |
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(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) |
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Synonyms: fossa |
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Related Words: bodily cavity, cavity, cavum, concave shape, concavity, epigastric fossa, glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa, pit of the stomach |
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(noun) a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment connected with it |
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Synonyms: colliery |
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Related Words: work, workplace |
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(noun) lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers |
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Synonyms: orchestra pit |
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Related Words: area |
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(noun) the single central seed in some fruits such as peaches and cherries enclosed in a hard woody shell |
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Synonyms: stone |
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Related Words: seed |
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(verb) mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" |
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Synonyms: mark, pock, scar |
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Related Words: blemish, cicatrize, deface, disfigure, pockmark, scarify |
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