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 While there are plenty of storylines for the rest of the series, but most importantly for today is the matchup between the starting pitchers. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Both pitchers settled into the game, and the offenses stalled. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 While Milwaukee started with its ace, Tampa Bay countered with Nick Martinez to give two-time All-Star pitchers Drew Rasmussen and Freddy Peralta an extra day of rest. — Steve Megaree, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 While pitchers Cole Ragans and Lucas Erceg were nice additions, KC has yet to acquire a true difference-maker. — Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 The Brewers acquired pitchers Kyle Harrison and Shane Drohan, and infielder David Hamilton in the deal. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The primary reason the Rays trail 2-1 in the best-of-seven series that will resume Saturday is their lack of offense against the Guardians pitchers. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026 Of the 12 teams to reach the postseason, the Dodgers ranked 10th in OPS, a measure of both on-base percentage and slugging, while their pitchers ranked eighth in walks plus hits allowed per nine innings. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pitchers
  1. bottles
  2. jugs
  3. cups
  4. ewers
  5. flagons
Noun
  • This two-step exfoliant bottles a little of that magic up for at-home use.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Fall is the season of special whiskey releases, a time when highly collectible bottles start dropping that fans are willing to pay top dollar for.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of bottles
Noun
  • The shed behind his home is practically a science lab, full of jugs and evaporators and gallons of sap.
    — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Two common types of plastic — polyethylene and polypropylene, used widely to make food containers, packaging, milk jugs and bottle caps — produced the most hydroxyl radicals detected by the researchers.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of jugs
Noun
  • The front counter handwashing sink was blocked by cases of soda, pizza boxes and boxes of cups.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that adults eat about 2 cups of fruit a day on a 2,000-calorie diet.
    — Jillian Kubala, HEALTH, 23 Oct. 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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