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Word entry · 5 letters

pitch

Best crossword clue

"Field or throw"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /pɪt͡ʃ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted chiptStarts with PEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word
1P2I3T4C5H

Definitions

  1. the action or manner of throwing something

Word origin

From Middle English picchen, pycchen (“to thrust in, fasten, settle”), from Old English *piċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkijan, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn (“to pick, peck”), whence Middle English pikken, picken (“to pick, pierce”), modern English pick.

Used in a sentence

  • It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
  • Near-synonyms: tar, coal tar, asphalt, bitumen
  • They put pitch on the mast to protect it.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Field or throw5 letters
02Throw or musical tone5 letters

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