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 Position players would have to stay on the IL for at least one full Monday-to-Monday span, with pitchers spanning two of those stretches. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Toronto utilized seven pitchers in a bullpen game and registered eight strikeouts. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 Max Clark hit his first home run at Comerica Park and five Tigers pitchers combined to allow one run as Detroit ended a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. — CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Daylen Lile went deep off Adams in the fourth, but that was all the scoring for Washington against six Colorado pitchers. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Posey, though, earned kudos for flipping infielder Luis Arraez, outfielder Heliot Ramos and pitchers Robbie Ray, Tyler Mahle, Erik Miller and Caleb Kilian for prospects, helping restock the Giants’ farm system. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 His courage in 1974 to undergo that pioneering surgery that came to bear his name went on to extend the careers of so many major league pitchers. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitchers
  1. bottles
  2. jugs
  3. cups
  4. ewers
  5. flagons
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 bottles
Noun
  • Milagros Pica Quiñones’ small concrete home is an untamed menagerie of bottles, paint buckets, bleach and laundry detergent jugs.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In 2017, internet trolls disrupted an anti-racist art installation with neo-Nazi chants and messily downed jugs of milk to accentuate their white identity.
    — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of jugs
Noun
  • In medium bowl, whisk flour, 1 1/2 cups graham crumbs, baking powder and salt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Social media users have spent the last month meticulously gluing rhinestones to everyday objects, including coffee cups, skincare, phone cases, and even puppies.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 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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“Pitchers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitchers. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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