PITCHPIPE

Etymology

Noun

pitchpipe (plural pitchpipes)

(music) A small pipe used to set the pitch for an instrument, song etc. [from 17th c.]

The lady with the spiritual bent blew a pitchpipe and the choir members began singing lustily, “Oh, Jesus, walk by my side, / Then I always, always be satisfied.”

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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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