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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.
sett.
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
- pitcherlike adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pitcher1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Thanks to his status as a two-way player, they were open to bringing him back as a pitcher even if he would initially only throw one or two innings.
Because Ohtani wouldn’t take up an extra roster spot, Kershaw pointed out, “We don’t have to lose a pitcher or anything, so if he throws an inning a week, it’s great.”
“He just held us accountable from the first day in the fall,” pitcher Jack Champlin said.
One of the game’s oldest rivalries, pitting what were supposed to be two of the game’s top pitchers.
Twelve weeks into the season, the Dodgers are already turning to a 12th different starting pitcher in their revolving door of a rotation.
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