a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'.
a demon from the depths of the pit.
He plays his two children off against each other.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell.
let them match their best athletes against ours.
pit a chess player against the Russian champion.
pit plums and cherries.
The skin disease scarred his face permanently.
they dug a pit to bury the body.
you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking.