a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate | the act of scoring in a game or sport |
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse |
a trap in the form of a concealed hole | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) |
lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers | the facts about an actual situation |
(auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled | a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages |
(commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on | a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation |
an enclosure in which animals are made to fight | a set of twenty members |
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment | grounds |
a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest |
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 slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) |
a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) |