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Pitcher Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pitcher? [n] the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound" [n] an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring [n] (baseball or softball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm" [n] the quantity contained in a pitcher Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pitcher: ewer \| hurler \| mound \| pitcherful \| twirler Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pitcher: See Also \| ballplayer \| baseball player \| baseball team \| containerful \| cream pitcher \| creamer \| fireman \| left-handed pitcher \| left-hander \| lefty \| position \| relief pitcher \| reliever \| right-handed pitcher \| right-hander \| screwballer \| southpaw \| starting pitcher \| thrower \| vessel Pitcher In Webster's Dictionary \Pitch"er\, n. 1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. 2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] --Mortimer. \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. {Beaker}.] 1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See {Sarracenia}. {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}. See {Darlingtonia}. {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}.

Pitcher Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pitcher?

[n] the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"
[n] an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
[n] (baseball or softball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm"
[n] the quantity contained in a pitcher

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Pitcher In Webster's Dictionary

\Pitch"er\, n.
1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.;
   specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball
   to the batsman.

2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] --Mortimer.


\Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
{Beaker}.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
   spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
   with a large ear or handle.

2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
   leaves of certain plants.

{American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See
   {Sarracenia}.

{Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a
   low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
   leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
   into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
   and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
   cockleshell.

{California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}.
   See {Darlingtonia}.

{Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the
   leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
   especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}.

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