pitchers

noun

plural of pitcher
as in bottles
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 pitchers In return, the Sox were sending minor-league pitchers Gabe Davis and Zach Franklin to the Mets. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 The Padres have too often not risen to the occasion against beatable pitchers. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 With 50 games to go after the deadline, the Tigers insist that trading one of the best pitchers on the planet plus another key part of their top-notch rotation does not constitute waving the white flag. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 The Braves turned three double plays to support their pitchers. — Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 Combined, those three pitchers have already appeared in 40 playoff games. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Yandy Diaz and Ryan Vilade homered in the first inning and five pitchers combined for a four-hitter as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday night. — CBS News, 30 July 2026 Cedric Mullins hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, Jonny DeLuca also went deep and seven pitchers combined on a two-hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 Though Arraez, Ray and the various pitchers appear the most likely to be traded, the Giants are also reportedly interested in trying to dump one of their three long-term hitting contracts in Rafael Devers, Matt Chapman and Willy Adames. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitchers
  1. bottles
  2. jugs
  3. cups
  4. ewers
  5. flagons
Noun
  • Polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, is most frequently found in pipes, credit cards, plastic bottles, electrical cable insulation, and other everyday items.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
  • When he was arrested later that day, police found five empty bottles of beer in his car.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • Collectors can discover vintage ceramic jugs, mugs and teapots.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The traditional category, in which the San Jose nonprofit group competed, featured the use of different props such as tables, benches and wine jugs to combine technical skill with storytelling.
    — Yu Wang, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of jugs
Noun
  • Multiply that by the three to five cups required for a loaf of bread, and your end product’s consistency will be off.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Spread half of batter (about 1 3/4 cups) into prepared pan, and sprinkle with half of streusel.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of cups
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
Definition of ewers
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
Definition of flagons

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