pitch (noun)

  • 71pitch pine — noun a pine tree with hard, heavy resinous wood …

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  • 72pitch-and-putt — noun (U) BrE a game of golf played on a very small course …

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  • 73pitch pine — noun (C, U) a type of pinetree that grows in North America, or the wood from this tree …

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  • 74pitch bowl — noun : bullet 3b …

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  • 75sales pitch — noun promotion by means of an argument and demonstration • Syn: ↑sales talk, ↑pitch • Derivationally related forms: ↑pitch (for: ↑pitch) • Hypernyms: ↑promotion, ↑ …

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  • 76pitch — ▪ I. pitch pitch 1 [pɪtʆ] noun [countable] 1. also sales pitch informal MARKETING what a sales person says about a product to persuade people to buy it …

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  • 77philharmonic pitch — noun the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C • Syn: ↑concert pitch, ↑international pitch • Hypernyms: ↑pitch * * * noun : a tuning standard of English origin of approximately 450 …

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  • 78pitch — I. /pɪtʃ / (say pich) verb (t) 1. to set up or erect (a tent, camp, etc.). 2. to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position (as cricket stumps, etc.). 3. to set or aim at a certain point, degree, level, etc.: he pitched his hopes …

  • 79fever pitch — noun a state of extreme excitement the crowd was at fever pitch • Hypernyms: ↑excitement, ↑excitation, ↑inflammation, ↑fervor, ↑fervour * * * noun : a state of extreme excitement or activity [singular] I worked mys …

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  • 80pitch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic , pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavic pĭcĭlŭ Date: before 12th century 1. a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of… …

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