About The Word Pitcher
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Pitcher
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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}. |
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