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Noun A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. (geology) 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. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball. (sports) (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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. An effort to sell or promote something. 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. The angle at which an object sits. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree. The rotation angle about the transverse axis. (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare with roll, yaw, and heave. (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller. The place where a busker performs. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders. (now Britain, regional) A person or animal's height. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out. Verb (transitive) To throw. (transitive or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher. (transitive) To throw away; discard. (transitive) To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell. (transitive) To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind. (transitive) To assemble or erect (a tent). (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. (transitive) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting. (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight. (on) To fix one's choice. (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope. (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones. (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix. (card game) To discard for some gain. Noun (music) The perceived frequency of a sound or note. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by. Verb (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch. (transitive) To fix or set the tone of. Find more words! 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