pitted

IPA: pˈɪtʌd

adjective

  • Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate
  • (of fruit) Having had the pits removed
  • Provided with one or more inspection pits. (of a maintenance area)
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Examples of "pitted" in Sentences

  • The residue is pitted and porous in appearance.
  • Sumter, although somewhat pitted, is as strong as ever.
  • The term "pitted" refers to the numerous kettle ponds dotting the landscape.
  • Consider the idea that these Russian dogs are being tested and not "pitted" for its own sake.
  • We say "pitted" loosely here, because the LLWS is a collegial affair, and each contest must be concluded by dusty handshakes.
  • And, considering the path to their titles pitted them against highly ranked wrestlers from various classifications, that's no pedestrian achievement.
  • It will be his word pitted against the other journalist with the defense praying like hell that the word of Woodward will prevail oaver these lesser peons.
  • On bears vs tigers ... in pitted fights of big cats vs bears, the bears always come off best, even so when the bear is one of the smaller species (e.g. Asiatic black bear).
  • But he was not "cast in nature's finest mould," like Washington, being long favored, with a nose to match; his whole face pitted from the effects of small pox while in the army.
  • Thus, a recent article in the daily Javan entitled "Post-Zionism and the Identity Crisis in Israel" pitted "extremist Jews," i.e., nationalists and settlers, against "religious Jews," i.e., ultra-Orthodox non-nationalists.

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