pitcher

pitcher is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
2. noun. A sort of crowbar for digging.
3. noun. 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. noun. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
5. noun. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

   "he has played every position except pitcher"

   "they have a southpaw on the mound"

   Synonyms: mound

6. noun. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

   Synonyms: ewer

7. noun. (baseball) the person who does the pitching

   "our pitcher has a sore arm"

   Synonyms: hurler, twirler

8. noun. (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
9. noun. the quantity contained in a pitcher

   Synonyms: pitcherful

Synonyms

mound, ewer, hurler, twirler, pitcherful

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pitcher:

repitch

Common word forms

pitchers, pitchered, pitcherful

Words from these letters

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