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noun

A hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty.

Usage examples:

The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions
noun

A hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty.

Usage examples:

The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions
noun

The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Usage examples:

Remove the rind and white pith from the lemons and then cut the flesh into very thin slices, removi…
verb

Remove the pith from.

Usage examples:

Peel and pith the oranges
noun

The top of a mineshaft.

Usage examples:

Alongside the headgear at the pithead stood the colliery manager's house.

Pitheads

ˈpɪt.hed
noun

The top of a mineshaft.

Usage examples:

Alongside the headgear at the pithead stood the colliery manager's house.
adjective

Of, relating to, or resembling pithecanthropus; (figurative) apelike, primitive, clumsy.

adjective

= pithecanthropic .

noun

A pithecanthropus; any of various closely related hominids.

adjective

= pithecanthropic .

noun

A former genus name applied to some fossil hominids found in java in 1891.

Usage examples:

Among the early additions were the pithecanthropus fossils (the so-called java man) from a human-si…
adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the subfamily pitheciinae (family cebidae) of south american monkeys, which includes the sakis and uakaris, and (according to some authors) the night monkeys and titis.

noun

A monkey of the subfamily pitheciinae.

adjective

Resembling or relating to the apes, especially the higher apes; apelike.

noun

An ape, especially a higher ape.

verb

Remove the pith from.

Usage examples:

Peel and pith the oranges
noun

The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Usage examples:

Remove the rind and white pith from the lemons and then cut the flesh into very thin slices, removi…
adjective

Full of pith, pithy; substantial, important; succinct.

adjective

(of a fruit or plant) containing much pith.

Usage examples:

When the trees bloom in march or april, the walkers try to remove any remaining old, pithy fruit.
adjective

(of a fruit or plant) containing much pith.

Usage examples:

When the trees bloom in march or april, the walkers try to remove any remaining old, pithy fruit.
adverb

In a clever way that uses only a few words

Usage examples:

He could write pithily and entertainingly., her contribution was briefer, but pithily incisive.
verb

Remove the pith from.

Usage examples:

Peel and pith the oranges
noun

The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Usage examples:

Remove the rind and white pith from the lemons and then cut the flesh into very thin slices, removi…
noun

A large earthenware storage jar.

Usage examples:

A number of vases were recovered in the room: two high-necked cups, a large skyphos, three amphoras…
noun

A large earthenware storage jar.

Usage examples:

A number of vases were recovered in the room: two high-necked cups, a large skyphos, three amphoras…
verb

Remove the pith from.

Usage examples:

Peel and pith the oranges
noun

The spongy white tissue lining the rind of oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits.

Usage examples:

Remove the rind and white pith from the lemons and then cut the flesh into very thin slices, removi…
noun

Articles made of pith, especially that of the plant aeschynomene aspera; the craft or occupation of making such articles.

adjective

(of a fruit or plant) containing much pith.

Usage examples:

When the trees bloom in march or april, the walkers try to remove any remaining old, pithy fruit.
noun

The quality or condition of being pitiable.

adjective

Deserving or arousing pity.

Usage examples:

The men were in a pitiable condition
adverb

In a way that makes you feel sympathy

Usage examples:

Her voice shook pitiably, but she forced herself to speak., the region was pitiably poor 40 years a…

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