'Pitting' definitions:
Definition of 'pitting'
(from WordNet)
noun
The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion [syn: pitting, roughness, indentation]
Definition of 'Pitting'
From: GCIDE
- Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitting.]
- 1. To place or put into a pit or hole. [1913 Webster]
- They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts, tumbled into the grave. --T. Grander. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Pitting'
- Pit,
- Pitted,
- pit against,
- pits,
- the pits,
- Bark pit,
- Brine pit,
- Chalk pit,
- Cherry pit,
- Clay pit,
- Cold pit,
- Cyclone pit,
- Forcing pit,
- Lime pit,
- Pit coal,
- Pit frame,
- Pit head,
- Pit kiln,
- Pit martin,
- Pit of the stomach,
- Pit saw,
- Pit viper,
- Rat pit,
- Rifle pit,
- Salt pit,
- Saw pit,
- Slime pit,
- Stone pit,
- Tunnel pit,
- Wheel pit,
- Wince pit,
- Working pit,
- barbecue pit,
- borrow pit,
- bottomless pit,
- fire pit,
- gravel pit,
- orchestra pit,
- peach pit,
- pit bull,
- pit run,
- pit stop,
- plutonium pit,
- snake pit,
- tar pit,
- upcast pit,
- Pit-hole,
- Pock-pitted,
- pit bull terrier,
- pit-a-pat,
- american pit bull terrier,
- pit-run gravel