a depression hollowed out of solid matter

a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy

a pit where wood or charcoal is burned to make a bed of hot coals suitable for barbecuing meat

a pit created to provide earth that can be used as fill at another site

(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke

a pit whose floor is incandescent lava