pit
noun
1 noun hole in groundpoll masc1 clais fem2 they dug small pits thochail siad poill bheagaburial pit poll adhlactha, uaigh fem2 2 noun IND (also quarry pit) quarrycairéal masc1 gravel pit poll gairbhéilTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun GEOL containing particular substancepoll masc1 lava pit poll laibhe, clais laibhe 4 IND (also coal pit) noun coal minemianach guail he worked for years down the pits chaith sé blianta ag obair sna mianaigh ghuailpit village sráidbhaile mianadóireachta 5 (also inspection pit) noun AUTO for mechanicssloc iniúchta sloc masc1 6 MUS (also orchestra pit) noun for orchestralog ceolfhoirnelog masc1 7 noun FIN in stock exchangetrading pit ionad trádála 8 noun GAMES in casinolog masc1 gambling pit log cearrbhachais 9 noun where animals fightclais ghafa 10 noun literary bad situationshe's descending into a pit of despair tá lagmhisneach ag teacht uirthithe dark pit of doom umar na haimléise 11 noun informal untidy placepoll masc1 prochóg fem2 the place was an absolute pit poll ceart d'áit a bhí ann, prochóg cheart a bhí ann 12 noun mark, hole on surfacelog masc1 loigín masc4 13 noun FOOD (especially US) in fruitcloch fem2 olive pit cloch olóige 14 noun informal bedleaba fem súsa masc4 he fell out of his pit thit sé amach as an leaba 15 noun (US) or informal armpitascaill fem2
verb
16 verb mark surface TRANSITIVEtoll verb poll verb smallpox had pitted his face bhí lorg na bolgaí ar a éadanthe machine pitted the surface d'fhág an meaisín poill bheaga sa dromchla 17 verb COOK (especially US) remove stones from TRANSITIVEna clocha a bhaint as