pitted

[US]/'pɪtɪd/
[UK]/'pɪtɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.marked with pits;without pits

Phrases & Collocations

pitted cherries

pitted olives

pitted avocado

foundation pit

open pit

open pit mine

bottomless pit

pit stop

soaking pit

coal pit

sand pit

fire pit

pit bull

pit viper

corrosion pit

Example Sentences

a surface pitted with craters.

Earthquake pitted the surface of the earth.

his jowled and pitted face.

a war that pitted brother against brother.

He pitted John against Paul.

They pitted two cocks against each other.

The final exercise pitted a counterterrorism squad against an escaping vehicle of balaclava-clad men who holed up in a concrete building.

A few years ago, this was a highly combustible fixture which pitted sides led by Roy Keane and the equally combative Patrick Vieira, causing ructions on and off the pitch.

Seeds 2 per valve, brown-yellow, semiellipsoid, 2--3 mm, flat on 1 surface, irregularly pitted, truncate at 1 end.

Crassula multicava is a perennial succulent plant from the family Crassulaceae. It is also known under various common names including the fairy crassula, pitted crassula and London pride.

Real-world Examples

Such is the terrible man against whom Peter Pan is pitted. Which will win?

Source: Peter Pan

And then pitted the fly-inspired algorithms against conventional ones.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds March 2018 Compilation

The tissue affected by edema will usually pit.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

Because there's a smoldering pit over there.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2023 Compilation

We have an orchestra pit in English theatres.

Source: Grandpa and Grandma's grammar class

Lots of nuts and seeds, many pitted fruits.

Source: S03

How was it that the gay rights movement was being pitted against the civil rights movement?

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

The front of his truck was pitted by stones.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Sometimes, amber can be extracted from open pit mines.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

What kind of spangled hell pit are you marrying into?

Source: Deadly Women

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