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 Royals also added three pitchers to the organization at the trade deadline.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
The final move the Padres made was acquiring All-Star starting pitcher Nestor Cortes from the Milwaukee Brewers.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Kittredge, infielder/outfielder Willi Castro from the Minnesota Twins and pitchers Taylor Rogers from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Switch-hitting shortstop Jorge Quintana, 18, was part of the return in a trade that sent outfielder Brandon Lockridge to the Brewers for pitcher Nestor Cortes.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
The final move the Padres made was acquiring All-Star starting pitcher Nestor Cortes from the Milwaukee Brewers.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Kittredge, infielder/outfielder Willi Castro from the Minnesota Twins and pitchers Taylor Rogers from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Switch-hitting shortstop Jorge Quintana, 18, was part of the return in a trade that sent outfielder Brandon Lockridge to the Brewers for pitcher Nestor Cortes.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitcher
Noun
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.—
Staff report,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.—
Bill Weir,
CNN,
12 Dec. 2022
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Tea is served from vintage cups and saucers; some came from owner Heather Hawthorne’s aunt and others have been donated from family collections.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Moose Tracks ice cream borrows name from miniature golf Created in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, known for its moose population, in the 1990s, the iconic flavor Moose Tracks, has a base of vanilla ice cream with fudge swirl and peanut butter cups.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Outside food, beverage, liquid containers, alcohol, cans, bottles, flasks (hydroflasks, metal, etc.) or coolers.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Beneath the surface, vast wine cellars stretch for miles—cool, shadowy, and lined with dusty bottles that have outlasted empires.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Peer at the pendulous breasts on a Medici workshop ewer or those on a screeching siren centered on an 18th-century scalloped sweetmeat dish.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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Paintings of elaborate feasts hang alongside beautiful and unique dishes, ewers and platters, and glimpses of recipes through historical cookbooks.—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Sep. 2024
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No detail was overlooked — down to the drink’s flagon.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
12 Sep. 2024
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Their crop: wine, so fine the poet Dante sang its praises and medieval kings and popes guzzled it by the flagon.—
Julia Buckley,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Nov. 2023
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“Pitcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitcher. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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