Thesaurus results for PITCHER

pitcher

noun

ˈpi-chər

Definition of pitcher

as in jug

a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout please bring me the pitcher of lemonade from the table

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Recent Examples of pitcher The former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher began building the estate in 2016 while playing for the Texas Rangers, envisioning it as a dream home for himself and then-wife Heidi Strobel. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026 Every starter reached base; the Blue Jays used five pitchers. — Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 Schmidt and Boone mentioned the pitcher potentially being used in a multi-inning role. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Dwight Gooden of the Mets became the youngest pitcher ever to win 20 games with a 9-3 triumph over the San Diego Padres. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pitcher

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Filling buckets, keeping jugs by the door, checking the faucet each morning – for many Puerto Ricans, that routine was in place long before now.

— Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Officials on the island have deployed portable water tankers to communities, allowing residents to fill up containers and plastic jugs while their service is cut off.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of jug

Noun

The scents are housed in bottles designed by artist Ashley Longshore that are meant to be collectible.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
The small table was crowded with bottles of sparkling San Pellegrino and fancy saucières filled with every sauce and condiment on offer.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of bottle

Noun

Somewhere between Venice and Paris, just as afternoon tea was served—raspberry tartlets and biscotti squisiti, coffee poured from silver ewers into porcelain cups—JR, the French artist known for his public installations, was starting to freak out.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Inspired by antiques like cobalt glass, Egyptian glass ewers and hotel breakfast sets and mid-20th-century Italian glassware, Jacobsen came up with the Continental Collection.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025

Definition of ewer

Noun

After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum.

— Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023

Definition of flagon

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