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ər noun
1.
a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
2.
Botany.
a.
a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants.
b.
an ascidium.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English picher < Old French pichier < Medieval Latin picārium, variant of bicārium beaker
1250–1300; Middle English picher < Old French pichier < Medieval Latin picārium, variant of bicārium beaker
Related forms
pitch·er·like, adjective
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noun
1.
a person who pitches.
2.
Baseball. the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter.
3.
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.
4.
sett ( def 1 ).
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Pitcher
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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World English Dictionary
pitcher1 (ˈpɪtʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large jug, usually rounded with a narrow neck and often of earthenware, used mainly for holding water |
| 2. | botany any of the urn-shaped leaves of the pitcher plant |
| [C13: from Old French pichier, from Medieval Latin picārium, variant of bicārium | |
| pitcher2 (ˈpɪtʃə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | baseball the player on the fielding team who pitches the ball to the batter |
| 2. | a granite stone or sett used in paving |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
pitcher
"earthen jug," late 13c., from O.Fr. pichier (12c.), altered from bichier, from M.L. bicarium, probably from Gk. bikos "earthen vessel" (see beaker). Pitcher-plant is recorded from 1819.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Pitcher definition
a vessel for containing liquids. In the East pitchers were usually carried on the head or shoulders (Gen. 24:15-20; Judg. 7:16, 19; Mark 14:13).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
For a pitcher, it's the strike zone over home plate that suddenly begins to jump around.
Look down into the pitcher plants you see on the refuge.
The iconic pitcher's lawyer is trying to convince jurors his client was tricked into lying under oath.
Strain cooled syrup into pitcher, pressing on mint, then discard leaves.
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