pitcher

Noun
Synonyms: hurlertwirlerewerpitcherfulmound

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. (baseball) the person who does the pitching“our pitcher has a sore arm”Synonyms: hurlertwirler
  2. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouringSynonyms: ewer
  3. the quantity contained in a pitcherSynonyms: pitcherful
  4. (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
  5. 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
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n.

1.One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman. [1913 Webster]

2.A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. Beaker.]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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