pitch
/pɪtʃ/ nounDefinition
SPORT [C] UK › an area of ground where a sport is played: a cricket/football pitch
THROW [C] › in baseball, a throw towards the person who is going to hit the ball: He struck out two batters with six pitches.
SOUND [U] › how high or low a sound is
PERSUADING [C, U] › the things someone says in order to persuade you to do something: I wasn't very impressed by his sales pitch. → See also fever pitch
(Definition of pitch noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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