adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pitched roof (= with parts that slope down )
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a row of garages with tiled pitched roofs.
pitched battle
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a pitched battle between the rival groups
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
battle
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After a pitched battle , no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.
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There were pitched battles , so they lay in wait for you.
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They must fight pitched battles , and fight in a body; and they must begin fighting as far forward as possible.
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But if it came to a pitched battle , the phalanx of heavily armed, well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon.
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There followed a pitched battle at a bridge across the Dnestr river leading into the town.
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It is surprising, therefore, how seldom armies joined in pitched battle in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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The scene was all set for a pitched battle .
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There are few archers or hand gunners who can stand against decent combat troops in a pitched battle .
roof
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We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof .
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Timber fascias and barge-boards are standard, while many pitched roof garages feature timber-clad gable ends.
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Octagonal cupolas covered by flat pitched roofs were still normal crossing space covering.
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The traditional greenhouse shape is a rectangular floor area, near-upright sides and a pitched roof .
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High pitched roofs contain the typical ornamental dormers.
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It has rubble-stone walls and its steeply pitched roofs make the granite-capped chimneys seem all the higher.
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But Ireland is like four pitched roofs built around a central depression.
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The late Gothic façades are surmounted with steeply pitched roofs containing tall dormer windows.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After a pitched battle, no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.
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In 1867 forty-three gypsies pitched camp in the Cours la Reine and aroused much hatred among the Rouennais.
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Only five feet seven tall, he spoke in a high pitched drawl, a public school accent he often emphasized abroad.
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The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons.
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There followed a pitched battle at a bridge across the Dnestr river leading into the town.
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There were pitched battles, so they lay in wait for you.
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Timber fascias and barge-boards are standard, while many pitched roof garages feature timber-clad gable ends.
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We had to staple a polythene vapour barrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.