wood pitch

American  

noun

1. the final product of the destructive distillation of wood.

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wood pitch British  

noun

1. the dark viscid residue left after the distillation of wood tar: used as a binder in briquettes

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Example Sentences

It will depend on how Julio Urias, Adam Liberatore and Alex Wood pitch in the next two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times

With two outs and a runner on second, manager Fredi Gonzalez elected to have the left-handed Wood pitch to the lefty Harper in the first.

From Washington Times

Reds starter Alfredo Simon matched Wood pitch for pitch.

From Washington Times

A small fire sufficeth for life, great flames seemed too little after death, while men vainly affected precious pyres, and to burn like Sardanapalus; but wisdom of funeral laws found the folly of prodigal blazes, and reduced undoing fires unto the rule of sober obsequies, wherein few could be so mean as not to provide wood, pitch, a mourner, and an urn.

From Project Gutenberg

But the wisdom of funeral laws found the folly of prodigal blazes, and reduced undoing fires into the rule of sober obsequies, wherein few could be so mean as not to provide wood, pitch, a mourner, and an urn....

From Project Gutenberg