chalk pit
Frequency: 3.50.4 per million words
A large hole in the ground where chalk has been dug out.
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- An old chalk pit is located just outside the village, a relic of its industrial past.
- The old chalk pit was now overgrown with wild flowers.
- The abandoned chalk pit has been transformed into a beautiful nature reserve.
- Children used to play in the abandoned chalk pit despite the dangers.
- Children are warned not to play near the steep, unstable edges of the chalk pit.
- Geologists explored the exposed layers of rock in the chalk pit.
- Geologists found rare fossils embedded in the white walls of the ancient chalk pit.
- The village was built near a large chalk pit that provided local materials.
- For centuries, the local economy depended on the large chalk pit.
- After years of disuse, the chalk pit became a nature reserve.
- We followed a footpath that led us directly to the bottom of the disused chalk pit.
- Heavy rainfall caused part of the chalk pit wall to collapse.
- The sheer walls of the chalk pit were dazzling in the afternoon sun.
- They discovered ancient fossils embedded in the white cliffs of the chalk pit.
- There are plans to flood the old chalk pit to create a new recreational lake.
- The artist found the perfect white pigment from a nearby chalk pit.
- The water that has collected in the chalk pit is a stunning turquoise color.
- Local legend spoke of a ghost haunting the deep chalk pit.
- During the war, the deep chalk pit was used as a storage area for military equipment.
- The landscape was dotted with several small chalk pits.