Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Pitcher.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Pitcher and, of course, Pitcher synonyms and on the right images related to the word Pitcher.
Pitcher
Pitcher 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.
PitcherPitcher 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.
Meaning of Pitcher from wikipedia
- In baseball, the
pitcher is the
player who
throws ("pitches") the
baseball from the
pitcher's mound toward the
catcher to
begin each play, with the goal...
- "winning
pitcher") and one
pitcher on the
losing team is
given a loss (the "losing
pitcher") in
their respective statistics.
These pitchers are collectively...
-
Pitcher plants are
several different carnivorous plants that have
modified leaves known as
pitfall traps—a prey-trapping
mechanism featuring a deep cavity...
-
control pitcher, also
known as a
finesse pitcher, is a
pitcher who
succeeds mostly by
using accurate pitches, as
opposed to a
power pitcher who relies...
-
baseball and softball, a
relief pitcher or
reliever is a
pitcher who
pitches in the game
after the
starting pitcher has been
removed because of fatigue...
-
baseball (hardball or softball), a
starting pitcher or
starter is the
first pitcher in the game for each team. A
pitcher is
credited with a game
started if they...
-
League Baseball (MLB)
pitchers with 200 or more
career wins. In the
sport of baseball, a win is a
statistic credited to the
pitcher for the
winning team...
-
Molly Pitcher is a
nickname given to a
woman who
fought in the
American Revolutionary War. She is most
often identified as Mary
Ludwig Hays, who fought...
- In
American English, a
pitcher is a
container with a
spout used for
storing and
pouring liquids. In English-speaking
countries outside North America,...
- switch-
pitcher is an
ambidextrous pitcher who is able to
pitch with
either the
right or left hand from the
pitcher's mound. Four 19th-century
pitchers are...
