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I'm confused about the word pitt. I think it's spelled with two t's.
The stone in an olive is called a pitt. A thing-for-getting-the-stones-out-of-olives is called an olive pitter.
Therefore a pitted olive is one which has had its stone removed.
I bought some olives which I was told weren't pitted. They have no stones.
Therefore a pitted olive is one which contains a pit - ie hasn't had its stone removed.
This could all be explained by me having just been misinformed about my olives. But I have heard people using the word pitted in both contexts.
Worse, the olives are upstairs in the fridge and no one will go and get them for me. It's a hard life.
The stone in an olive is called a pitt. A thing-for-getting-the-stones-out-of-olives is called an olive pitter.
Therefore a pitted olive is one which has had its stone removed.
I bought some olives which I was told weren't pitted. They have no stones.
Therefore a pitted olive is one which contains a pit - ie hasn't had its stone removed.
This could all be explained by me having just been misinformed about my olives. But I have heard people using the word pitted in both contexts.
Worse, the olives are upstairs in the fridge and no one will go and get them for me. It's a hard life.