"cherry pit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cherry pits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cherry pit (plural cherry pits)
  1. The stone of a cherry. Wikidata QID: Q104222510 Synonyms: cherrystone Hypernyms: pit, stone, seed pit, ;, pip [botany, biology, natural-sciences], ;, pyrena, pyrene Coordinate_terms: peach pit Translations (stone of a cherry): kersenpit [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kersensteen [masculine] (Dutch), kirsikankivi (Finnish), Kirschkern [masculine] (German), Kirschstein [masculine] (German), Kirschenstein [masculine] (German), ̱̱̱̱вишнёвая ко́сточка (̱̱̱̱višnjóvaja kóstočka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cherry_pit-en-noun-en:Q104222510 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'stone of a cherry': 100 0
  2. (games, obsolete) A children's game in which players attempt to knock marbles into a hole without losing their taw in the same hole. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cherry_pit-en-noun-MFGFEJgu Categories (other): Games, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 38 62 Topics: games

Inflected forms

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