| dammar resin | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. damar, dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar | any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine. |
| ~ natural resin | a plant exudate. |
| pitch | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. pitch | the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration. |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ concert pitch, international pitch, philharmonic pitch | the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C. |
| ~ high pitch, high frequency | a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches. |
| ~ treble, soprano | the pitch range of the highest female voice. |
| ~ tenor | the pitch range of the highest male voice. |
| ~ key | pitch of the voice.; "he spoke in a low key" |
| ~ low pitch, low frequency | a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches. |
| ~ alto | the pitch range of the lowest female voice. |
| ~ alto | (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments. |
| ~ bass | the lowest part of the musical range. |
| ~ tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages.; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones" |
| ~ tune | the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch.; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune" |
| n. (act) | 2. delivery, pitch | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| ~ balk | an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base. |
| ~ ball | a pitch that is not in the strike zone.; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" |
| ~ beanball, beaner | a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head. |
| ~ change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball. |
| ~ breaking ball, curve ball, bender, curve | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. |
| ~ duster | a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter. |
| ~ fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" |
| ~ knuckleball, knuckler | a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin. |
| ~ overhand pitch | a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder. |
| ~ passed ball | a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base. |
| ~ screwball | a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown. |
| ~ sinker | a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate. |
| ~ spitball, spitter | an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it. |
| ~ strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders.; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" |
| ~ submarine ball, submarine pitch | a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead. |
| ~ wild pitch | an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base. |
| ~ baseball, baseball game | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs.; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" |
| n. (location) | 3. pitch | a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk).; "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors" |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (communication) | 4. pitch, sales pitch, sales talk | promotion by means of an argument and demonstration. |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. pitch, rake, slant | degree of deviation from a horizontal plane.; "the roof had a steep pitch" |
| ~ gradient, slope | the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.; "a five-degree gradient" |
| ~ loft | (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air. |
| n. (substance) | 6. pitch, tar | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. |
| ~ bitumen | any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons. |
| ~ coal tar | a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds. |
| n. (act) | 7. pitch, pitch shot | a high approach shot in golf. |
| ~ approach shot, approach | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| n. (act) | 8. auction pitch, pitch | an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump. |
| ~ all fours, high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game. |
| n. (act) | 9. lurch, pitch, pitching | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance).; "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ careen, sway, tilt, rock | pitching dangerously to one side. |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| n. (act) | 10. pitch | the action or manner of throwing something.; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor" |
| ~ throw | the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist).; "the catcher made a good throw to second base" |
| v. (contact) | 11. flip, pitch, sky, toss | throw or toss with a light motion.; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" |
| ~ fling | throw with force or recklessness.; "fling the frisbee" |
| ~ submarine | throw with an underhand motion. |
| ~ lag | throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins. |
| ~ throw back, toss back | throw back with a quick, light motion.; "She tossed back her head" |
| v. (motion) | 12. lurch, pitch, shift | move abruptly.; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 13. pitch | fall or plunge forward.; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" |
| ~ come down, descend, go down, fall | move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
| v. (change) | 14. pitch | set to a certain pitch.; "He pitched his voice very low" |
| ~ set | put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.; "set the house afire" |
| v. (possession) | 15. hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend | sell or offer for sale from place to place. |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| v. (motion) | 16. incline, pitch, slope | be at an angle.; "The terrain sloped down" |
| ~ ascend | slope upwards.; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" |
| ~ stoop | sag, bend, bend over or down.; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path" |
| ~ fall | slope downward.; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean" |
| ~ climb | slope upward.; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill" |
| ~ dip | slope downwards.; "Our property dips towards the river" |
| ~ lean, tilt, angle, slant, tip | to incline or bend from a vertical position.; "She leaned over the banister" |
| v. (motion) | 17. cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt | heel over.; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ cock | tilt or slant to one side.; "cock one's head" |
| v. (contact) | 18. pitch, set up | erect and fasten.; "pitch a tent" |
| ~ camp down, camp | establish or set up a camp. |
| ~ erect, rear | cause to rise up. |
| v. (contact) | 19. deliver, pitch | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball.; "The pitcher delivered the ball" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (contact) | 20. pitch | hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| v. (competition) | 21. pitch | lead (a card) and establish the trump suit. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game.; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory" |
| v. (change) | 22. gear, pitch | set the level or character of.; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| ~ popularise, popularize | make understandable to the general public.; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" |
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