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pit village

pit village noun: a settlement built by a colliery owner to house the workers.

Noun

pit village (plural pit villages)

  1. A settlement built by a colliery owner to house the workers.

Forms of pit village

pluralpit villages

Questions about pit village

What does pit village mean?
Pit village means a settlement built by a colliery owner to house the workers.
What part of speech is pit village?
Pit village is a noun.
What is the plural of pit village?
The plural of pit village is pit villages.

Words near pit village in the dictionary

  1. pit stops
  2. pit straight
  3. pit straights
  4. pit toilet
  5. pit toilets
  6. pit village
  7. pit villages
  8. pit viper
  9. pit vipers
  10. pit wheel
  11. pit wheels

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