Thesaurus: pitcher

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1. n. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
2. n. A sort of crowbar for digging.
3. n. 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.
4. n. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
5. n. (baseball) the person who does the pitching
6. n. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
7. n. the quantity contained in a pitcher
8. n. (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
9. n. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
10. 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. 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.
11. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves ofcertain plants. American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia.See Sarracenia.-- Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a lowsaxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, someoblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoidpitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouthcovered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell.-- California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California. SeeDarlingtonia.-- Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the leavestransformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the speciesof Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
12. n:100 n. (baseball) the person who does the pitching n. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring n. the quantity contained in a pitcher n. (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer