bear-pit
1bear pit — noun An enclosure for bears • • • Main Entry: ↑bear …
2Bear pit — A bear pit was historically used to display bears, typically for entertainment and especially bear baiting. The pit area was normally surrounded by a high fence, above which the spectators would look down on the bears.The most traditional form of …
3bear pit — noun another term for bear garden …
4bear pit — noun A question and answer forum with a group of politicians …
5Bear pit — arena for fierce political debate, as parliament house or a council chamber …
6bear pit — Australian Slang arena for fierce political debate, as parliament house or a council chamber …
7Bear-pit style tournament — An SCA form of tournament where each combatant may challenge any other combatant. Sometimes, a victory is accorded a set number of points, other times they can gain points according to the rank of the defeated opponent. At the end of the day, the …
8pit — ☆ pit1 [pit ] n. [Du < MDu pitte, akin to PITH] the hard stone, as of the plum, peach, or cherry, which contains the seed vt. pitted, pitting to remove the pit from (a fruit) pit2 [pit] n. [ME < OE pytt < early WGmc & NGmc * puttia (> …
9pit — pit1 [ pıt ] noun count ** ▸ 1 hole in ground ▸ 2 place for people/animals ▸ 3 seed in fruit ▸ 4 armpit ▸ 5 hollow mark on surface ▸ 6 extremely messy place ▸ 7 bad state ▸ 8 at the race track ▸ 9 something bad ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a very large hole… …
10pit — pit1 noun 1》 a large hole in the ground. ↘a mine or excavation for coal or minerals. ↘a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car s underside. 2》 a hollow or indentation in a surface. 3》 an area at the side of a track where …
