pitch

Noun

pitch (plural pitches)

1. a sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap

   It is hard to get this pitch off of my hand.

2. a dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

   They put pitch on the mast to protect it. The barrel was sealed with pitch.

3. (baseball) the act of pitching a baseball

   The pitch was low and inside.

4. (sports) the field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played

   The teams met on the pitch.

5. an effort to sell or promote something

   He gave me a sales pitch.

6. the distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or letters in a monospace font

   The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.

   The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.

7. the angle at which an object sits

   The pitch of the roof or haystack, the propellor blades" pitch

8. more specifically, the rotation angle about the transverse axis

   The pitch of an aircraft

9. the perceived frequency of a sound or note

   The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.

10. in an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by

    Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.

5 letters in word "pitch": C H I P T.

No anagrams for pitch found in this word list.

Words found within pitch:

ch chi chip chit cit hi hic hip hipt hit ich it itch ph phi pht pi pic pit pith ti tic tich tip

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