Collocations for pit - noun

deep, shallow
bottomless
black, dark
chalk (esp. BrE), gravel, tar
a disused gravel pit

dig

open
They extract the mineral from open pits.

go down (BrE)
He went down the pit at the age of fifteen.

village (BrE)
There's no more work in these pit villages.

closure

in a/the pit
Most boys in the town worked in the pits.

apricot, peach, etc.

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