pitcher
1a 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.
Origin of pitcher
1Other words from pitcher
- pitch·er·like, adjective
Words that may be confused with pitcher
- picture, pitcher
Words Nearby pitcher
Other definitions for pitcher (2 of 3)
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.
Origin of pitcher
2Other definitions for Pitcher (3 of 3)
Molly Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
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How to use pitcher in a sentence
You meant to chase every glass of wine with a pitcher of H2O, but the holiday cheer somehow steered you off course.
The more I become dissipated, ill, a broken pitcher, the more I too become a creative artist in that great revival of art.
Decoding Vincent Van Gogh’s Tempestuous, Fragile Mind | Nick Mafi | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA pitcher's life is one day of deliberate self-injury, followed by three days of healing, then a fresh injury.
I grew up in a house that had butter on the table and a pitcher of sweet tea in the fridge.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Rednecks and Their Unjustly Unsung Kin | Allison Glock | August 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSitting in that plastic pitcher, she said, the water seemed to sparkle.
"Here's a white pitcher, Jess," Violet called, holding up a perfect specimen with a tiny chip in its nose.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner"Because I thought a pitcher wouldn't hold lemonade enough," said Willy.
The Nursery, November 1881, Vol. XXX | Various“My last activity shall be for the birds,” she smiled, as she came back with the pitcher.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonBut there was no food upon the table, nor anything else except a pitcher of water, a bundle of weeds and a handful of pebbles.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank BaumThere were sweet potatoes, fleecy biscuits, a jug of sorghum, and a pitcher of sweet milk.
British Dictionary definitions for pitcher (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpɪtʃə) /
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
Origin of pitcher
1British Dictionary definitions for pitcher (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpɪtʃə) /
baseball the player on the fielding team who pitches the ball to the batter
a granite stone or sett used in paving
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Other Idioms and Phrases with pitcher
see little pitchers have big ears.
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