pitch JUST WRITTEN FOR YOU
/pɪtʃ/ · pit·ch
noun
- 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.
- A type of volcanic glass, also known as pitchstone. The geologist studied the pitchstone formations in the cave.
verb
- To cover or smear with pitch. The carpenter pitched the roof with a layer of tar.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure. The storm pitched the sky with heavy clouds.
Did you know? The word 'pitch' is also used in baseball to refer to the act of throwing a ball to the batter, and in music to refer to the act of singing or playing a melody.