Meanings
adjectivepitside (not comparable)
- not comparableBeside a pit.
[…] so that blown metal could be poured down the trough into the dephosphorizing slag contained in a pitside casting ladle, which was being held in the hooks of one of the pitside ladle cranes.
1940, Blast Furnace and Steel Plant (volume 28, page 1172)
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pitside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitside
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“pitside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitside. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pitside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitside.
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