Complete Definition of "pitcher"

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Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪt��(r)|-ɪt��(r)

Etymology 1
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Image:Roger clemens 2004.jpg|thumb|right|Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens.
pitch#Verb|to pitch (to throw, etc.) + -er

Noun
en-noun

  1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
  2. baseball, the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  3. (Obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.

Translations
trans-top|the player who throws the ball to the batter
Finnish: syöttäjä
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Spanish: lanzador m, lanzadora f
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Etymology 2
Image:Small pitcher Iran Louvre MAO714.jpg|thumb|right|A pitcher for pouring liquids.

From OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh�ri; probably of the same origin as beaker.

Noun
en-noun

  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. botany A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See w:pitcher plant.

Translations
trans-top|A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids
Finnish: vesikannu
Hebrew: he-translation|��|kad
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trans-top|A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants
Finnish: vesikannu
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ttbc|French: pichet m
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