pit

verb [T]

/pɪt/ (-tt-)

Definition

› US for stone nounFruits and seeds and their partsRemoving the skin or seed from fruit and vegetables

(Definition of pit verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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