a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction |
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | an exact duplicate |
a trap in the form of a concealed hole | a burning piece of wood or cardboard |
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | something that resembles or harmonizes with |
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete |
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | a pair of people who live together |
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | a person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect |
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | the score needed to win a match |
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | |
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | |