American English pronunciation
How to pronounce pitchers
IPA transcription: ['pɪtʃɚz]
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Noun
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(baseball) the person who does the pitching
“our pitcher has a sore arm”
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an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
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the quantity contained in a pitcher
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(botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
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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”
Usage examples
- The live-ball era also had a lasting impact on pitchers.
- He is considered one of the best Jewish pitchers in major league history.
- In a National League ballpark, both teams' pitchers must bat.
- Only very rarely will the rodents fall into the large pitchers of this species.
- One Swede eventually relieved Adams and Nelson, the American pitchers.
- The tendrils of aerial pitchers are usually coiled in the middle.
- After retiring from Major League Baseball, Jones has coached young pitchers.
- Both pitchers kept the game quiet until the third.
- Indians' pitchers also set numerous strikeout records.
- If there are four, they cannot all be pitchers nor all be position players.