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PRONUNCIATION OF STONE PIT

stone pit play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STONE PIT

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stone pit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STONE PIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stone pit

Quarry

A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground. A quarry is the same thing as an open-pit mine from which minerals are extracted. The only trivial difference between the two is that open-pit mines that produce building materials and dimension stone are commonly referred to as quarries. The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STONE PIT

stone ax
stone axe
stone bass
stone boiling
stone bramble
stone cast
stone circle
stone curlew
stone deaf
stone fruit
stone marten
stone massage
stone mint
stone parsley
stone pine
stone roller
stone saw
Stone sheep
stone shoot
stone the crows

WORDS THAT END LIKE STONE PIT

barbecue pit
bear pit
borrow pit
catch pit
clay pit
coal pit
gravel pit
inspection pit
lime pit
mosh pit
open pit
orchestra pit
snake pit
the pit

Synonyms and antonyms of stone pit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stone pit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STONE PIT

Find out the translation of stone pit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stone pit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stone pit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石坑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pozo de piedra
570 millions of speakers

English

stone pit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पत्थर गड्ढे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفرة الحجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

камень яма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poço de pedra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাথর পিট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fosse de pierre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lubang batu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Steinbruch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

石切場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

채석장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watu jambon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đá hố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல் குழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दगड खड्डा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taş ocağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pietra pozzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pit kamień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

камінь яма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

groapă de piatra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πέτρα pit
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klip put
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sten grop
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stein pit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stone pit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STONE PIT»

The term «stone pit» is normally little used and occupies the 132.302 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STONE PIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stone pit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STONE PIT»

Discover the use of stone pit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stone pit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits
University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In high chilling years, as many as 80% of the blossoms may reach full bloom at the same time. In low chilling years, the proportion may be below 50%.
University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1999
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Excavations at the Devil's Quoits, Stanton Harcourt, ...
There was a large pit on the W side, which cuts the burial pit, as though there had been some attempt to remove the stone. Pit F25 was the burial pit for stone 2 which had been removed from its stonehole close to the W edge of the pit (Fig. 24 ).
Alistair Barclay, Margaret Gray, George Lambrick, 1995
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Agrarian Problems in the Sixteenth Century and After
... tenements or fence walls in Haselbeech aforesaid or any other necessary uses there stone and sand in the open stone pit and sand pit within the fields of Haselbeech aforesaid not breaking above one acre of ground about either of the said ...
Eric Kerridge, 2013
4
An Attempt Towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England
From a Stone-Pit near Oxford ; I think, on Cowley-Gommofl. y. i6. An oval Body ; from the lame Stone-pit, and of the fame sort with those in the precedent Stone, but somewhat larger. This lessens gradually at one End, terminating in a kind of ...
John Woodward, 1728
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An Attempt Towards a Natural History of the Fossils of ...
From a Stone-pit, near Grindan, Nar. :hampton/hire. To this Kind Mr_Lhnyd gives the fantailic Name of темпам. (Lythophyl. Briton. Cl. 9. p. 661. Ó» feg.) 'Tis the medullai'y Part of the Tooth of a large Fiih. I have part of the gw, near 1. Foot long  ...
John Woodward, Thiollière, 1728
6
Stone by Stone: Exploring Ancient Sites on the Canadian Plains
On a high hill, a stone pit was made deep enough for a man to crouch inside, and brush was piled over the top. A decoy, perhaps a live rabbit or a piece of meat, was tied to the brush and the long vigil began. When an eagle finally landed to ...
Liz Bryan, 2005
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Jason Stone (Book VI) Unleashing The Storm
Jason said, “I second that.” Elijah just nodded his head since he couldn't stop eating long enough to give a response. Bob said, “Ok. It's settled. This will be one of the specials at Bobby Q's Stone Pit.” Margaret asked, “So you're going to do it?
Daniel E. Ouellette
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Jason Stone (Book 6) Unleashing the Storm
Jason said, “I second that.” Elijah just nodded his head since he couldn't stop eating long enough to give a response. Bob said, “Ok. It's settled. This will be one of the specials at Bobby Q's Stone Pit.” Margaret asked, “So you're going to do it?
Daniel E. Ouellette, 2012
9
The natural history of Northampton-shire with some account ...
... uppermost to the lowest, whose Thickness, in that I measured, was eighteen Inches. And thus the Stones are gra; dually thicker as they descend in the'Stone- pit at Ladzngtan, and in thirty other Places I might instance inshere, as well as at .
John Morton, 1712
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The Natural History of Northamptonshire, ... by John Morton ...
At Eydon in William Teufs Stone-pit, Augufl 17o5_ The Strata then in View were, r . A Reddish Sandy Soil, one Foot a. Sand with a small Mixture of Earth in it, about four Foot, 2. Ordinary Reddish WaIling-Srone, in several thin Courses, three ...
John Morton, 1712

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STONE PIT»

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Owners let Hulk the 12-stone pit bull play with toddler son
A toddler hangs off the back of a super-sized 12-stone pit bull that could snap a ... These include more than more than a dozen highly trained pit bulls and a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»

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