Definition of pitch

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Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..

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Pitch :: Pitch (n.) Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
Flatten :: Flatten (v. i.) To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch..
Key :: Key (n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
Note :: Note (n.) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch. Hence:.
Corno Inglese :: Corno Inglese () A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn..
Underpight :: Underpight () imp. of Underpitch.
Unisonant :: Unisonant (a.) Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
Grave :: Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them..
Pitch-dark :: Pitch-dark (a.) Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.
Ewer :: Ewer (n.) A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet..
Pitcherfuls :: Pitcherfuls (pl. ) of Pitcherfu.
Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
Pitch-black :: Pitch-black (a.) Black as pitch or tar.
Pitcherful :: Pitcherful (n.) The quantity a pitcher will hold.
Minor :: Minor (a.) Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse..
Water Pitcher :: Water pitcher () One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.
Pitched :: Pitched (imp. & p. p.) of Pitc.
Imitation :: Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..
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