pitcher
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pitcher1
▶noun a large jug.
– derivatives
pitcherful noun (pl. pitcherfuls).
pitcherful noun (pl. pitcherfuls).
– origin ME: from OFr. pichier ‘pot’, based on late L. picarium.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pitcher2 /ˈpɪtʃə/
▶noun
- 1 Baseball the player who pitches the ball.
- 2 a stone used for paving.
'pitcher' also found in these Oxford entries:
battery
- baulk
- blooper
- bucket
- curve
- designated hitter
- fielder
- fireballer
- fly-pitcher
- hurler
- hydria
- Kumbh Mela
- left field
- mound
- nepenthes
- no-hitter
- pitch
- pitcher plant
- right field
- save
- starter
- steal
- stopper
- urn
- wind-up
