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Word entry · 3 letters

pit

Best crossword clue

"Hole in the ground"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /pɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted iptStarts with PEnds with T4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove the pits from

Word origin

From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.

Used in a sentence

  • “The meadow around the town is full of old pits.”
  • “27 Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will returne vpon him.”
  • “Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.”

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01“Hole in the ground”3 letters
02“Cherry center”3 letters
03“Deep hole”3 letters
04“Fruit stone”3 letters

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