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 night wasn’t much of a celebration for the pitcher after giving up five runs in the first inning, including the first grand slam of his career.
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Cal Phillips
june 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026
The junior center fielder/pitcher was coming off a standout varsity debut.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Major League Baseball issued official warnings to the three pitchers, saying the writing violated uniform rules — not the messages themselves.
—Scott Lebar. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
The Giants pitchers – relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker along with Rupp – chose not to go that route.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pitcher
Cal Phillips
june 19, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026
The junior center fielder/pitcher was coming off a standout varsity debut.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Major League Baseball issued official warnings to the three pitchers, saying the writing violated uniform rules — not the messages themselves.
—Scott Lebar. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
The Giants pitchers – relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker along with Rupp – chose not to go that route.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pitcher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitcher
Noun
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Every morning, guests open up their cabin screen doors to the crisp mountain air and a jug of coffee (or tea, if preferred) with fresh milk (with non-dairy options).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Additional videos also showed several boxes lining part of the pool as workers poured the liquid from the gallon jugs into the pool.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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One casualty was his lovely Princeton apartment, which never came together, more grad-student than dean in its feel, a lonely refrigerator in the kitchen holding only a cup of iced coffee or a jar of mayonnaise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Pour about 1/4 cup of canola, flaxseed, or vegetable oil over the surface of the griddle, and scrub the oil into the surface using a pumice grill block.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 June 2026
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The day after the crash, the boat was found to contain 61 empty and partially empty booze bottles and cans, after FWC officers pulled the boat from the bay.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
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More than 11,000 bottles of the blood pressure medication chlorthalidone have been recalled, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
22 June 2026
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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
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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
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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
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No detail was overlooked — down to the drink’s flagon.—
Violet Goldstone,
WWD,
12 Sep. 2024
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“Pitcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitcher. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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