"test pit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: test pits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} test pit (plural test pits)
  1. Synonym of trial pit Synonyms: trial pit [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-test_pit-en-noun-nsYX~E3q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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