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The correct spelling is pitches.
How to pronounce pitches
noun
Say it like: Pic-hes
The correct spelling is pitches. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. For example: "It is hard to get this pitch off my hand."
Usage Examples
“It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.”
“It was pitch black because there was no moon.”
“a good pitch in quoits”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
- 2.A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
- 3.Pitchstone.
- 4.A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
- 5.The act of pitching a baseball.
verb
- 1.To cover or smear with pitch.
- 2.To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- 3.To throw.
- 4.To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- 5.To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
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