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.
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.
sett.
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
baseball the player on the fielding team who pitches the ball to the batter
a granite stone or sett used in paving
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, from Medieval Latin picārium, variant of bicārium beaker
In baseball or softball, the pitcher is the player who throws the ball to the catcher in an attempt to strike out the batter. Another kind of pitcher is one that holds a liquid, like a pitcher of lemonade. The pitcher is one of the most important players on a team, aiming the pitch so that it stays inside a certain "strike zone," but in a way that entices the batter to swing and miss or not to swing at all. The batter, on the other hand, tries to hit the ball that the pitcher throws, and maybe even to hit a home run. The 18th-century meaning of pitcher was "one who pitches hay into a wagon."
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A new community group has been formed to fight plans by a football club to build several new pitches on green belt land.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
I have little tolerance for sales pitches when it concerns my money, nor would I really consider opening an account with one of these advisers.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026
Across Incheon's Songdo Convensia convention centre, dozens of matches unfolded simultaneously on Friday as small, medium and large humanoid robots competed on compact pitches and spectators drifted from court to court.
From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026
“This alternative account pitches Black Americans against immigrants when the advocates who promoted the 14th Amendment did no such thing,” Jackson wrote.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026
The series goes on indefinitely, with the pitches getting closer and closer together.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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