pitcher

nouns

(baseball) the person who does the pitching
"our pitcher has a sore arm"
hurler, pitcher, twirler
is derived from
pitch
an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
ewer, pitcher
the quantity contained in a pitcher
pitcher, pitcherful
(botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
pitcher
domain category
the branch of biology that studies plants
botany, phytology
is a type of (narrower)
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
foliage, leaf, leafage
the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
"he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"
mound, pitcher