PITCHES

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

"It is hard to get this pitch off my hand."

A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.

"It was pitch black because there was no moon."

Pitchstone.

To cover or smear with pitch.

To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.

"a good pitch in quoits"

The act of pitching a baseball.

"The pitch was low and inside."

The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" is the preferred word.

"The teams met on the pitch."

To throw.

"He pitched the horseshoe."

To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.

To play baseball in the position of pitcher.

"Bob pitches today."

The perceived frequency of a sound or note.

"The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians."

In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.

"Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start."

To produce a note of a given pitch.

To fix or set the tone of.