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Definition of High-pitched

1. Adjective. Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency.

2. Adjective. Set at a sharp or high angle or slant. "A high-pitched roof"

Definition of High-pitched

1. Adjective. Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of High-pitched

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high-performance liquid chromatography high-pitch high-pitched (current term) high-potential high-power high-powered high-pressure high-pressure liquid chromatography high-priced high-principled

high-profile high-protein diet high-ranking high-resolution high-resolution banding high-resolution imaging high-rise

Literary usage of High-pitched

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1902)
"high-pitched coin note over the stomach (Fig. 10). Over the shaded area the percussion note was impaired. Some inflammatory lesion was diagnosed below the ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"He read deliberately, in a thin, high-pitched voice, breaking up all doubtful words into their component syllables. Now and again, when Mr. Want felt sure ..."

3. A Study of British Genius by Havelock Ellis (1904)
"... minor nervous disorders— Stammering—Its significance—high-pitched voice—Spasmodic movements —Illegible Handwriting—Short sight—Awkwardness of movement. ..."

4. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1890)
"To-day the resonance is rather high-pitched and short, and expiration is still markedly prolonged. There are signs that the asthma has produced some ..."

5. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"A shrill sound is at once high-pitched, penetrative, and harsh. On the other hand, SHARP is high in pitch as opposed to flat. Power is involved in SHRILL ..."

6. The politics of Aristotle: books I-V : a revised text by Aristotle, Franz Susemihl, Robert Drew Hicks (1894)
"... that the high-pitched Lydian and the high-pitched Ionian or Mixolydian melodies seem to have principally employed the higher part of their compass and ..."

7. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1898)
"(6) POND AND COTTAGES ; A STORM APPROACHING. The end of a cottage with high-pitched roof and tiled ..."

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