ADJ

deep, shallow
bottomless
black, dark
chalk, gravel
a disused gravel pit

VERB + PIT

dig

ADJ

open
They extract the mineral from open pits and underground mines

VERB + PIT

go down
He went down the pit at the age of fifteen

PIT + NOUN

village
There's no more work in these pit villages
closure

PREP

in a/the ~
Most boys in the village worked in the pits