| CESSPIT | • cesspit n. A cesspool; a pit or covered cistern used to collect sewage and waste water. • cess-pit n. Alternative spelling of cesspit. • CESSPIT n. a covered well or pit for sewage, also CESSPOOL, SESSPOOL. |
| COALPIT | • coalpit n. A pit where coal is extracted. • coalpit n. (US) A place where charcoal is made. • COALPIT n. a pit from which coal is obtained. |
| COCKPIT | • cockpit n. The driver’s compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). • cockpit n. The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous… • cockpit n. (Now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. |
| CRAMPIT | • crampit n. Alternative form of crampet. • CRAMPIT n. a metal tip at the end of a scabbard, also CRAMPET. |
| FIREPIT | • firepit n. A pit dug in the ground, or constructed from stones, in which a fire is made, principally for cooking. • fire␣pit n. Alternative spelling of firepit. • FIREPIT n. a depression dug in the ground in which a fire is made. |
| FLEAPIT | • fleapit n. Alternative spelling of flea pit. • flea␣pit n. (Colloquial) A dilapidated building, stereotypically hosting a low-grade cinema. • FLEAPIT n. (slang) a low-class cinema. |
| INCIPIT | • incipit n. The first few words of a text, especially its first line. • incipit n. (Music) The first few bars of a piece of music. • INCIPIT n. (Latin) an inscription meaning 'here begins', serving as the opening words of a text. |
| LIMEPIT | • limepit n. Alternative form of lime pit. • lime␣pit n. A limestone quarry. • LIMEPIT n. a pit from which lime is dug. |
| POCKPIT | • pockpit n. A pockmark. • POCKPIT n. the scar left by a pock mark. |
| PUSHPIT | • pushpit n. The railing at the stern of a boat. • PUSHPIT n. a safety railing at the stern of a yacht. |
| SANDPIT | • sandpit n. A place or pit from which sand is excavated. • sandpit n. A children’s play area consisting of a large container filled with sand. • sandpit n. (Television) A small-scale illustrative model of the theater of war in the Middle East. |
| SHILPIT | • SHILPIT adj. (Scots) sickly-looking, puny. |
| SKELPIT | • SKELP v. (Gaelic) to hustle; to slap, strike. |
| WHIPPIT | • whippit n. Alternative form of whippet (“nitrous oxide cartridge”). • WHIPPIT n. a small canister of nitrous oxide. |