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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

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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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