la brea katran çukurları

Phonetic: "/lɑː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

Definition: Coal tar.

Definition: A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

Definition: A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.

Definition: Black tar, a form of heroin.

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To coat with tar.

Definition: To besmirch.

Example: The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.

Phonetic: "/pɪts/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A hole in the ground.

Example: The meadow around the town is full of old pits.

Definition: An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

Example: Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A mine.

Definition: 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.

Definition: A trading pit.

Definition: The bottom part of something.

Example: I felt pain in the pit of my stomach.

Definition: Armpit.

Definition: A luggage hold.

Definition: A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.

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

Definition: The grave, or underworld.

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

Definition: 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.

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

Definition: A pit bull terrier.

Example: I'm taking one of my pits to the vet on Thursday.

Definition: A mosh pit.

Example: Because the museum was closed for renovation, the school decided to bring its fourth-graders to the pit at a Cannibal Corpse gig instead.

Definition: (law enforcement, usually used with "maneuver") A maneuver by which a police officer, by use of a police car, nudges the vehicle of a fleeing suspect enough for the suspect's vehicle to lose control and become disabled so the police officer can catch and apprehend the suspect.

Definition: The fissile core of a nuclear weapon, commonly made of plutonium surrounded by high-explosive lenses.

Definition: (hospital slang) The emergency department.

Phonetic: "/pɪts/"

Part Of Speech: noun

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

Definition: A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

Definition: The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.

Phonetic: "/pɪts/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A pit bull terrier.