pitch
/pɪt͡ʃ/ noun B2- A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap. · It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
- Anything similar to or derived from tree sap: resin; rosin.
- A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar. · Near-synonyms: tar, coal tar, asphalt, bitumen· They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
- Pitchstone.
Plural pitches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- pitch around To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of ...
- pitch in To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's par...
- pitch into To attack; to assault; to abuse.
- pitch on To throw (something) onto (something).
- pitch out To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher wh...
- pitch up To arrive; to turn up.
From the library
The latter, sure of quelling the tempest when the waves became too violent, allowed them to rise to a certain pitch that he might be revenged on the importunate Andrea, and besides it would afford him some recreation during the long day.
All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade’s facts.”
He was at the gate when I came out, a-leanin’ up agin the railings, and a-singin’ at the pitch o’ his lungs about Columbine’s New-fangled Banner, or some such stuff.
Is it a coincidence that it is found at the very point where the train pitches and sways as it comes round on the points?
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