pitcher
English Thesaurus
1. the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | position, |
| definition | : | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player (noun.act) |
| member meronym | : | baseball team, |
| definition | : | a team that plays baseball (noun.group) |
2. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | vessel, |
| definition | : | an object used as a container (especially for liquids) (noun.artifact) |
3. (baseball) the person who does the pitching (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | thrower, |
| definition | : | someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | screwballer, |
| definition | : | (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | starting pitcher, |
| definition | : | (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game (noun.person) |
| domain category | : | baseball, baseball game, |
| definition | : | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | softball, softball game, |
| definition | : | a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer (noun.act) |
4. (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | foliage, leaf, leafage, |
| definition | : | the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants (noun.plant) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
5. the quantity contained in a pitcher (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | containerful, |
| definition | : | the quantity that a container will hold (noun.quantity) |
6. (baseball) the person who does the pitching (noun.person)
| derivation | : | cast, hurl, hurtle, |
| definition | : | throw forcefully (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | deliver, pitch, |
| definition | : | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | cast, hurl, hurtle, |
| definition | : | throw forcefully (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | deliver, pitch, |
| definition | : | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball (verb.contact) |
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