pitcher


Definition: Meaning of, pitcher in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɪtʃə /

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pitcher pitchers
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  1. the player in baseball who throws the ball
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  2. American English a container for holding and pouring a liquid, with a handle and a shaped part to help the liquid flow out [=  jug British English]
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  3. British English a large clay container with two handles, used in the past for holding and pouring a liquid
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pitcher used in phrases

  • Australian pitcher plant (noun)
    1. a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia
  • California pitcher plant (noun)
    1. marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below
  • Molly Pitcher (noun)
    1. 1754-1832 heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat
  • common pitcher plant (noun)
    1. perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
  • cream pitcher (noun)
    1. a small pitcher for serving cream
  • hooded pitcher plant (noun)
    1. yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
  • left-handed pitcher (noun)
    1. a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
  • pitcher plant (noun)
    1. any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
  • pitcher sage (noun)
    1. california erect and sparsely branched perennial
    2. california plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers
  • pitcher's mound (noun)
    1. baseball the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
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