pit

/pɪt/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
pits

Meaning

  1. hueso (de fruta)

    • Remove the pit before eating the peach.

      Quita el hueso antes de comer el durazno.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

bone

Spanish hueso covers two unrelated English words: a bone is part of a skeleton; a pit is the hard seed inside a fruit like a peach.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

caroço

Close — a pit (fruit) relates to a stone, pit.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa pit?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Remove the ___ before eating the peach.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a pit?

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