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English
Pronunciation
- (predicative) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪˈpɪt͡ʃt/
- (attributive) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪˌpɪt͡ʃt/
- Rhymes: (predicative) -ɪtʃt
Adjective
high-pitched (comparative higher-pitched, superlative highest-pitched)
- Of a sound, having a high pitch.
- Synonym: high
- Antonyms: low, low-pitched
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:She knew some Dutch and spoke a high-pitched stressless English.
- (dated) Haughty.
- Placed higher than was usual. (of a steam locomotive boiler)
1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:The 2-6-2s have very high-pitched boilers in order that the grate shall clear the radial axle and also the trailing coupled wheels.
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