• Noun[edit]. bear pit (plural bear pits). A bear garden; a place where bears are kept. (slang) A question and answer forum with a group of politicians.
    • A bear pit, an enclosure used to display bears, often for entertainment and bear-baiting
    • The Bear Pit (novel), a novel by Australian author Jon Cleary first published in 2000
    • The Bear Pit or Bärengraben, a specific notable bear pit in the Swiss city of Bern
  • At the very same location, a pit (Swiss German: Bärengraben) was built in 1857, to host brown bears, and it became a nice attraction.
  • Bruno was kept in a quarry area that became known as The Bear Pit and the family would frequently take him on walks around the estate.
  • Progressive: This is a bear pit configuration that cycles fighters through four pits based upon their success in the previous pit.
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  • It is a bear pit, or enclosure housing bears, situated at the eastern edge of the old city of Bern, next to the Nydeggbrücke and the River Aar.
  • The Bear Pit’s history began in the late 1940’s, when original owner Ben Baier moved from Missouri and started a small barbecue shack in Newhall, California.
  • A bear pit also refers to a type of trap used to deter or trap bears. It usually consists of a large earthen pit with sharpened pikes in the bottom to impale the bear.