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[ adjective ] used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Synonyms Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)They slept - Mynheer with a marvelously high-pitched snoring , the damn seahorse ivory teeth watching him from a bedside table . |
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[ adjective ] set at a sharp or high angle or slant
Examples "a high-pitched roof" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Square corner - and gate_posts were an open-work pattern of cast-iron foliage ; they were topped by steeples complete in every detail : high_pitched roof , pinnacle , and narrow gable . Related terms |
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