Posthole vs Pit - What's the difference?

In archaeology terms the difference between posthole and pit

is that posthole is a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide while pit is a hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

As a verb pit is

to make pits in.

posthole

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia posthole)

(archaeology) A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 31, author=John Noble Wilford, title=Village May Have Housed Builders of Stonehenge, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture. }}

Anagrams

* English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

pit

English

(wikipedia pit)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A hole in the ground.

(motor racing) An area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.

A mine.

(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.

(trading) A trading pit.

Something particularly unpleasant.

The bottom part of.

(colloquial) Armpit, oxter.

(aviation) A luggage hold.

(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits' around two microns across. Such '''pits''' are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these ' pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.

The grave, or underworld.

* Milton

Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.

* Bible, Job xxxiii. 18

He keepeth back his soul from the pit .

An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.

* John Locke

as fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.

Derived terms

* armpit * money pit * pit-eye * pit stop

Verb

(pitt)

To make pits in.

Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.

To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.

To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?

* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.

(motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . Compare (l).

Noun

(en noun)

A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.

A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Verb

(pitt)

To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.

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