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pitcher
1[ pich-er ]
noun
- a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
- Botany.
- a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants.
- an ascidium.
pitcher
2[ pich-er ]
noun
- a person who pitches.
- Baseball. the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter.
- Also called number seven iron. Golf. a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitching niblick.
Pitcher
3[ pich-er ]
noun
- Molly Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
pitcher
1/ ˈɪʃə /
noun
- a large jug, usually rounded with a narrow neck and often of earthenware, used mainly for holding water
- botany any of the urn-shaped leaves of the pitcher plant
pitcher
2/ ˈɪʃə /
noun
- baseball the player on the fielding team who pitches the ball to the batter
- a granite stone or sett used in paving
Other Word Forms
- 辱ٳİ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pitcher1
Idioms and Phrases
see little pitchers have big ears .Example Sentences
Billed as a matchup between the National League’s best arms, Friday night’s pitchers duel lived up to expectations.
Cleveland 7, Granada Hills 3: Four Cleveland pitchers combined for a no-hitter.
Paraclete 2, Sierra Canyon 0: Two pitchers combined for the shutout.
Corona had 24 hits against eight Centennial pitchers.
As former major league pitcher Joaquin Andujar once said, “You can sum up the game of baseball in one word: You never know.”
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