pitchnoun
uk/pɪtʃ/us/pɪtʃ/pitch noun (SPORTS FIELD)
B2 [ C ] UK US field an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, especially football:
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- He was taken to hospital after his collapse on the pitch.
- He dribbled the ball to the edge of the pitch.
- At the end of the match, the pitch was a real quagmire.
- Unfortunately the game was cancelled because of a waterlogged pitch.
- The football pitch was absolutely sodden.
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Surfaces on which sports take place
- 18-yard box
- AstroTurf
- bench
- course
- D, d
- dry slope
- far post
- field
- goalmouth
- goalpost
- golf course
- groundsman
- penalty area
- penalty spot
- stretch
- touch
- touchline
- track
- unplayable
- wing
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pitch noun (LEVEL)
[ C or U ] the level or degree of something:
[ S ] the level of a feeling:
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Measurements in general
- bathymetry
- deep
- dimension
- distance
- draught
- floor-length
- hecto-
- imperial
- length
- length
- linear
- measurable
- measurement
- mega
- pico-
- ply
- tyre pressure
- unit
- vital statistics
- wheelbase
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pitch noun (PERSUASION)
[ C ] a speech or act that attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:
[ C ] UK a place in a public area where a person regularly sells goods or performs:
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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pitch noun (SLOPE)
[ S ] the amount of slope, especially of a roof:
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Parts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs
- chimney pot
- chimney stack
- cupola
- dome
- domed
- eave
- frieze
- loft
- mansard roof
- pediment
- rafter
- ridge
- roof
- roof sth in/over
- roofer
- shingle
- slate
- thatcher
- tile
- turret
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pitch noun (BLACK SUBSTANCE)
[ U ] a thick, black substance that was used in the past to make wooden ships and buildings waterproof
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- lacquer
- limestone
- putty
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- shingle
- weatherboarding
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pitch noun (BASEBALL)
[ C ] a throw in a baseball game:
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batter
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- stuff
- the World Series
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pitch noun (TENT)
[ C ] UK US site the piece of ground on which you can put up a tent, park a caravan, etc.:
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Camping
- backpacker
- billy
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- camp
- campfire
- campground
- camping
- canvas
- caravan park
- cot
- fly
- flysheet
- glamping
- groundcloth
- groundsheet
- lean-to
- peg
- peg sth out
- trailer park
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pitchverb
uk/pɪtʃ/us/pɪtʃ/pitch verb (MOVE)
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to move or be moved suddenly, especially by throwing or being thrown:
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Throwing
- cast
- chuck
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- overhand
- peg
- pelt
- precipitate
- project
- projectile
- sling
- slung
- stone
- throw
- throw-in
- thrown
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
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pitch verb (BASEBALL)
[ I or T ] in baseball, to throw a ball towards the player with the bat in order for them to try to hit it:
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Baseball & rounders
- backstop
- ball
- ballgame
- base hit
- batter
- batting average
- bunt
- catcher
- curveball
- double
- grounder
- groundout
- home run
- infielder
- peg
- pitcher
- screwball
- sock
- stuff
- the World Series
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pitch verb (TENT)
B2 [ T ] to put up a tent and make it ready to use:
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Camping
- backpacker
- billy
- bivvy
- bivvy sack
- camp
- campfire
- campground
- camping
- canvas
- caravan park
- cot
- fly
- flysheet
- glamping
- groundcloth
- groundsheet
- lean-to
- peg
- peg sth out
- trailer park
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pitch verb (LEVEL)
[ T ] to express or set something at a particular level:
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- conduct
- fiddle
- fingering
- improvisation
- interpreter
- jam
- music
- perform
- raise the roof idiom
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tune
- virtuoso
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pitch verb (PERSUADE)
[ I or T ] mainly US to try to persuade someone to do something:
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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pitch verb (SLOPE)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to slope
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Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- angle
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- cockeyed
- fall away
- obliquely
- pitched
- rake
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip (sth/sb) over
- yaw
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