hole in the ground (noun)

  • 51cherry pit — noun 1. : cherrystone 2. : an old game consisting of throwing cherrystones into a small hole in the ground …

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  • 52run — 1 /rVn/ verb past tense ran past participle run present participle running MOVE QUICKLY ON FOOT 1 (I) to move quickly on foot by moving your legs more quickly than when you are walking: I had to run to catch the bus. | Two youths were killed when …

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  • 53pit — I UK [pɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms pit : singular pit plural pits ** 1) a hole that you dig in the ground to put something in it a barbecue pit a) a mine under the ground, especially a coal mine My father worked down the pit. b) a very… …

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  • 54pit — I. /pɪt / (say pit) noun 1. a hole or cavity in the ground. 2. a covered or concealed excavation in the ground to serve as a trap; pitfall. 3. Mining a. an excavation made in digging for some mineral deposit. b. the shaft of a coalmine. c. the… …

  • 55pit — 1 noun 1 HOLE (C) a) a hole in the ground, especially one made by digging: Dig a pit and bury the rubbish in it. | a sand pit | a barbecue pit b) a large hole in the ground from which stones or minerals have been dug: a gravel pit 2 MARK (C) a) a …

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  • 56sink — sink1 [ sıŋk ] (past tense sank [ sæŋk ] ; past participle sunk [ sʌŋk ] ) verb ** ▸ 1 go below water s surface ▸ 2 when sun gets lower ▸ 3 move to lower level ▸ 4 fall/sit/lie down ▸ 5 go down in value/amount ▸ 6 invest money ▸ 7 push something… …

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  • 57earth — /ɜθ / (say erth) noun 1. (often upper case) the planet which we inhabit, the third in order from the sun. Its period of revolution is 1 year, and its mean distance from the sun 149 597 870 km. Its diameter is 12 756 km. It has one satellite, the… …

  • 58bur´row|er — bur|row «BUR oh», noun, verb. –n. 1. a hole dug in the ground by an animal for refuge or shelter. Rabbits and woodchucks live in burrows. 2. Figurative: »The chief advantage of London is that a man is always so near his burrow (James Boswell). –v …

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  • 59bur|row — «BUR oh», noun, verb. –n. 1. a hole dug in the ground by an animal for refuge or shelter. Rabbits and woodchucks live in burrows. 2. Figurative: »The chief advantage of London is that a man is always so near his burrow (James Boswell). –v.i. 1.… …

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  • 60sink */*/ — I UK [sɪŋk] / US verb Word forms sink : present tense I/you/we/they sink he/she/it sinks present participle sinking past tense sank UK [sæŋk] / US past participle sunk UK [sʌŋk] / US 1) [intransitive] to disappear below the surface of the water… …

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