Pit

• Ball pit, a recreation structure • Casino pit, the part of a casino which holds gaming tables • Trapping pit, pits used for hunting • Pit (motor racing), an area of a racetrack where pit stops are conducted • Trading pit, a part of a trading floor where open outcry takes place • Pit cave, a natural cave containing a vertical shaft • Mine (mining) • Open-pit mine, surface extraction of rock or minerals • Coal mine or pit == Science and technology ==

• Pit, an excavation on metallic surface caused by pitting corrosion • Pit, one of many indentations used to store data on a compact disc • Pit (botany), a part of plant cell walls which allows the exchange of fluids • Pit (nuclear weapon), the core of an implosion weapon • Pit bull, a breed of dog • PIT tag, Passive Integrated Transponder for RFID system • Powered industrial truck, a US legal term • Point in time, time and date something took place • Probability integral transform, a theorem in probability and statistics • Programmable interval timer, a computing device • Pulsed inductive thruster, a device used in spacecraft propulsion • Pyrena or pit, the hard seed-bearing kernel inside drupe fruits such as peaches, olives and cherries • Boolean prime ideal theorem, which guarantees the existence of certain types of subsets in a given abstract algebra • Polynomial identity testing, the problem of efficiently determining whether two multivariate polynomials are identical. • 2-Propanoyl-3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-tropane, a cocaine analog • As a file extension, .pit stands for Partition Information Table == Arts and entertainment ==

Games • Pit (game), a Parker Brothers card game simulating a commodities exchange • Pit (Kid Icarus), the main character in the video game series Kid Icarus Music • Front ensemble, the stationary percussion section in a marching band or drum corps • Mosh pit, an area for dancing at a concert • Orchestra pit, the area in a theater, between the stage and audience, in which musicians perform == People ==

• Pit Martin (1943–2008), Canadian National Hockey League player • Pit Seng Low (born 1995), Australian badminton player • Pit Schubert (1935–2024), German author and mountain climber • Pit Schlechter (born 1990), Luxembourgish cyclist • Pit Passarell (1968–2024), Brazilian heavy metal and rock musician • Alfred Lépine (1901–1955), Canadian ice hockey player and coach • Pit Leyder (born 1997), Luxembourgish cyclist • Pit Kroke (1936–2016), German architect and artist • Pit Gilman (1864–1950), American baseball player • Pit Corder (1918–1990), English linguist • Pit Brandenburger (born 1995), Luxembourgish swimmer • Pit Beirer (born 1972), German motocross racer and team manager == Places ==

United States • Pit River, a watershed in California • Peoples Improv Theater, a venue in New York City • Pittsburgh (abbreviation), a city in Pennsylvania • Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA code) == Sports ==

An abbreviation for Pittsburgh sports teams, such as: • Pittsburgh Steelers, a football team in the NFL • Pittsburgh Pirates, a baseball team in MLB • Pittsburgh Penguins, a hockey team in the NHL • Pittsburgh Condors, a former basketball team in the NBA == Transport ==

• Palitana railway station, Gujarat, India, Indian Railways station code PIT == Other uses ==

• Party of Independence and Labour (), a Senegalese political party • Ivorian Workers' Party (), an Ivorian political party • PIT maneuver, a ramming tactic used by law enforcement in vehicle pursuits • Bie (surname), Chinese surname also romanized as Pit • Pit organ, an organ present in snakes used to sense infrared light == See also ==