pitted
Like ready olives
Pitted describes surfaces marked with small indentations or holes, like pitted skin scarred by acne or a pitted road damaged by weather.
It also describes fruit that has had its pit removed: pitted olives, pitted cherries.
These two meanings come from different senses of pit—one referring to a small cavity or depression, the other to the hard seed inside certain fruits.
Marked with bowl-shaped hollows
- pockmarkedScarred with small holes
- indentedSet back from edge
- dimpledHaving small hollows
- groovedHaving linear indentations
scarred · dented · gouged · nicked · scratched · scored · notched · etched
Paired by similarity
- opposedAgainst something stated
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
- face-offDirect clash between opponents
head-to-head · showdown · clash · duel · contest · challenge · versus · adversaries
cratered
Marked with bowl-shaped hollows
- pockmarkedScarred with small holes
- indentedSet back from edge
- dimpledHaving small hollows
grooved · scarred · dented · gouged · nicked · scratched · scored · notched · etched · engraved
stone
Solid earth fragment
plum · apricot · nectarine · olive · date · mango · avocado · lychee · prune · seed
matched
Paired by similarity
- opposedAgainst something stated
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- confrontationDirect hostile encounter
face-off · head-to-head · showdown · clash · duel · contest · challenge · versus · adversaries · competitors
brine
Water saturated with sodium
- KalamataGreek city and olive
- tapenadeSavory olive-caper spread
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
martini · antipasto · garnish · cured · stuffed · marinated · jarred · Greek · Spanish · deli
- damageddamaged, broken, wrecked, ruined, destroyed
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
- fruit qualitiesripeness, juiciness, sweetness, freshness, flavor
- Surface qualitiestexture, shine, gloss, matte, roughness
- surface texturesrough, smooth, bumpy, coarse, grainy
- terrain wordshilly, rocky, muddy, sandy, flat
- pitted againstSet as rivals
- pitting againstCreating direct competition between
- pitted olivesDrupes with centers removed
- cherry pitterExtracts stone from fruit
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