Pitches

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Pitches

noun

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
"It is hard to get this pitch off my hand."
A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
"It was pitch black because there was no moon."
Pitchstone.

verb

To cover or smear with pitch.
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

noun

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
"a good pitch in quoits"
The act of pitching a baseball.
"The pitch was low and inside."
The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.
"The teams met on the pitch."
An effort to sell or promote something.
"He gave me a sales pitch."
The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
"A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning."

verb

To throw.
"He pitched the horseshoe."
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
"Bob pitches today."
To throw away; discard.
"He pitched the candy wrapper."
To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
"He pitched the idea for months with no takers."

noun

The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
"The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians."
In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
"Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start."

verb

To produce a note of a given pitch.
To fix or set the tone of.

Anagrams of Pitches

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "pitches":

6-LETTER WORDS

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5-LETTER WORDS

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4-LETTER WORDS

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+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "pitches" and rearranging:

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+opostiche potiches

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Rhyming Words

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