pitted

adjective

pit·​ted ˈpi-təd How to pronounce pitted (audio)
: marked with pits

Examples of pitted in a Sentence

the pitted surface of the bowl a man with pitted and scarred cheeks
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What is the proper way to eat pitted cherries? Cutting them up to remove the pits seems excessive, but just spitting out the pits into a napkin doesn’t seem proper, either. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024 Your healthcare provider may treat pitted nails with corticosteroid injections, laser treatment, phototherapy, and other medicines. Sarah Klein, Health, 25 June 2024 But Koudelka had looked intently enough at pitted earth, scarred concrete, and polluted water to find lines, shapes, shades, and shadows in gorgeous combinations. Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024 The camera — like Tom, by extension — takes pleasure in the texture of a pitted wall, in the smooth marble of Baroque sculptures, and looks lovingly on all manner of objects, appropriate to a story partially about the power of things to define taste, furnish a life, create a self. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pitted 

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pitted was before the 12th century

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“Pitted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitted. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.

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pitted

past and past participle of pit

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