noun
1 hole
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , shallow
▪ bottomless
▪ black , dark
▪ chalk ( esp. BrE ), gravel , tar
▪
a disused gravel ~
VERB + PIT
▪ dig
2 coal mine
ADJECTIVE
▪ open
▪
They extract the mineral from open ~s.
VERB + PIT
▪ go down ( BrE )
▪
He went down the ~ at the age of fifteen.
PIT + NOUN
▪ village ( BrE )
▪
There's no more work in these ~ villages.
▪ closure
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Most boys in the town worked in the ~s.
3 ( esp. AmE ) of fruit
ADJECTIVE
▪ apricot , peach , etc.
VERB + PIT
▪ remove