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pitch

2  [pich]
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–noun
1. any of various dark, tenacious, and viscous substances for caulking and paving, consisting of the residue of the distillation of coal tar or wood tar.
2. any of certain bitumens, as asphalt: mineral pitch.
3. any of various resins.
4. the sap or crude turpentine that exudes from the bark of pines.
–verb (used with object)
5. to smear or cover with pitch.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME pich, OE pic < L pic- (s. of pix), whence also D pek, G Pech; akin to Gk píssa pitch

Related forms:
pitchlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

pitch  (v.)
c.1205, "to thrust in, fasten, settle," probably from an unrecorded O.E. *piccean, related to the root of the verb prick. The original past tense was pight. Sense in pitch a tent (1297) is from notion of "driving in" the pegs; meaning "throw a ball" evolved c.1386 from that of "hit the mark." Noun meaning "act of throwing" is recorded from 1833. The noun meaning "act of plunging headfirst" is from 1762; sense of "slope, degree, inclination" is from 1542; musical sense is from 1597; but the connection of these is obscure. Sales pitch is attested from 1876, probably extended from meaning "stall pitched as a sales booth" (1811). Pitch-pipe is attested from 1711. Pitcher "one who pitches" is recorded from 1722, originally hay into a wagon, etc.; baseball sense first recorded 1845.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2pitch
Function: noun
: the property of a sound and especially a musical tone that is determined by the frequency of the waves producing it : highness or lowness of sound
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
pitch   (pĭch)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A thick, tarlike substance obtained by distilling coal tar, used for roofing, waterproofing, and paving.

  2. Any of various natural bitumens, such as asphalt, having similar uses.

  3. A resin derived from the sap of a cone-bearing tree, such as a pine.


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