STONE PIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stone pit mean? 

• STONE PIT (noun)
  The noun STONE PIT has 1 sense:

1. a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

  Familiarity information: STONE PIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STONE PIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pit; quarry; stone pit

Context example:

a British term for 'quarry' is 'stone pit'

Hypernyms ("stone pit" is a kind of...):

excavation (a hole in the ground made by excavating)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stone pit"):

chalk pit; chalkpit (a quarry for chalk)

gravel pit (a quarry for gravel)