pitcher
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[ pich-er ]
/ ˈpɪtʃ ər /
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.
Origin of pitcher
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1250–1300; Middle English
picher < Old French
pichier < Medieval Latin
picārium, variant of
bicārium
beaker
OTHER WORDS FROM pitcher
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Definition for pitcher (2 of 3)
pitcher
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[ pich-er ]
/ ˈpɪtʃ ər /
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.
Definition for pitcher (3 of 3)
Pitcher
[ pich-er ]
/ ˈpɪtʃ ər /
noun
MollyMary Ludwig Hays McCauley,1754–1832,
American Revolutionary heroine.
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British Dictionary definitions for pitcher (1 of 2)
pitcher
1
/ (ˈpɪtʃə) /
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
Word Origin for pitcher
C13: from Old French
pichier, from Medieval Latin
picārium, variant of
bicārium
beaker
British Dictionary definitions for pitcher (2 of 2)
pitcher
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/ (ˈpɪtʃə) /
noun
baseball
the player on the fielding team who pitches the ball to the batter
a granite stone or sett used in paving
Idioms and Phrases with pitcher
pitcher
see little pitchers have big ears.