pitch
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
Example
“It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.”
Other meanings
A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil or natural tar.
“They put pitch on the mast to protect it.”
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
“a good pitch in quoits”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "piċ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pitch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.