pitch

¹pitch

noun \ˈpich\

Definition of PITCH

1

: a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars

2

: any of various bituminous substances

3

: resin obtained from various conifers and often used medicinally

4

: any of various artificial mixtures resembling resinous or bituminous pitches

Origin of PITCH

Middle English pich, from Old English pic, from Latin pic-, pix; akin to Greek pissa pitch, Old Church Slavic pĭcĭlŭ

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

Rhymes with PITCH

bitch, ditch, fitch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, niche, quitch, rich, snitch, stitch, such, switch, twitch, which, witch