pitch (noun)
81pitch — pitch1 noun 1》 the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone. ↘a standard degree of highness or lowness used in performance: the guitars were strung and tuned to pitch. 2》… …
82perfect pitch — noun the ability to identify the pitch of a tone • Syn: ↑absolute pitch • Hypernyms: ↑hearing, ↑audition, ↑auditory sense, ↑sense of hearing, ↑auditory modality * * * noun [noncount] music …
83pitch — pitch1 [ pıtʃ ] noun ** ▸ 1 how high/low sound is ▸ 2 strength of emotion etc. ▸ 3 something you say to persuade ▸ 4 a throw of the ball ▸ 5 black sticky substance ▸ 6 slope of roof etc. ▸ 7 ship/aircraft movement ▸ 8 in climbing ▸ 9 high hit in… …
84pitch — I 1. noun 1) her voice rose in pitch Syn: tone, timbre, key, modulation, frequency 2) the pitch of the roof Syn: gradient, slope, slant, angle, steepness, tilt …
85pitch — I UK [pɪtʃ] / US noun Word forms pitch : singular pitch plural pitches ** 1) a) [countable] British a flat area of ground for playing particular sports on. The American word is field a football/cricket/rugby pitch a synthetic/artificial/all… …
86international pitch — noun the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C • Syn: ↑concert pitch, ↑philharmonic pitch • Hypernyms: ↑pitch * * * noun 1. : diapason normal …
87pitch — 1 noun 1 SPORTS FIELD (C) BrE a specially marked out area of ground on which a sport is played; field 1 (4) AmE: The crowd invaded the pitch at the end of the match. | a cricket pitch 2 STRONG FEELINGS (singular, uncountable) the strength of your …
88pitch — {{11}}pitch (n.) tar, O.E. pic, from L. pix (gen. picis) pitch, from PIE root *pi sap, juice (Cf. Gk. pissa, Lith. pikis, O.C.S. piklu pitch, related to L. pinus; see PINE (Cf. pine) (n.)) …
89pitch — 1. noun /pɪtʃ/ a) A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. It is hard to get this pitch off of my hand. b) A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and …
90french pitch — noun Usage: usually capitalized F : diapason normal * * * Music. See diapason normal pitch. * * * French pitch noun (music) A standard pitch established by the French government in 1859, and later widely adopted, being 435 cycles per second at… …
