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# pitchy

adjective (pitchy, pitchier, pitchiest)

«pitchy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Pitchy means as black as pitch, the sticky black stuff made from tar. Old use, found in fairy tales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchy/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a very dark night, land or place in old tales

### Examples

- Upon the ground the land was pitchy black. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchy/#x1)
- The cave was pitchy dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchy/#x2)
- Her hair was pitchy black. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pitchy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pitchy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitchy.html) on Mova free.