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( SPORTS ) a wooden object shaped like a bottle that you try to knock over in the sport of bowling

pin 2 / pin / verb ( pins , pin • ning , pinned )

to fasten things together with a pin or pins Could you pin this sign to the board?

to hold someone or something so that they cannot move He tried to get away, but they pinned him against the wall.

pinch 1 / pintj / verb ( pinch • es , pinch • ing , pinched )

to press someone's skin between your thumb and finger Don't pinch me — it hurts!

pinch2 / pint/ / noun [ count ] ( plural pinch • es )

the act of pressing someone's skin between your thumb and finger

He gave me a pinch on the arm to wake me up.

an amount of something you can hold between your thumb and finger

Add a pinch of salt to the soup.

pine / pain / noun

[ count ] ( also pine tree / ' pain tri / ) a tall tree with thin sharp leaves (called needles ) that do not fall off in winter

the wood from this tree, which is often used for making furniture

pine • ap • ple / ' painrepl / noun [ count, noncount ]

a big fruit that is yellow inside and has a rough, brown skin —Look at the picture at fruit .

pine cone / ' pain koun / noun [ count ]

the hard, rough fruit of a pine tree that contains the seeds We collected pine cones to use as Christmas decorations.

Ping-Pong™ / ' p₄pa₄ /

( also ta • ble ten • nis / ' teibl |tenas / ) noun [noncount]

( SPORTS ) a game where players hit a small, light ball over a net on a big table

pink Ф / pigk / adjective ( jink • er , jink • est )

with a light red color a pink blouse

►pink noun [ count, noncount ]

She was dressed in pink .

pink • ie / ' piqki / ( also pink • y ) noun [ count ] ( plural pink • ies ) ( informal )

the smallest finger on your hand

pins and nee • dles / ,pinz sn nidlz / noun [ plural ]

an uncomfortable feeling that you sometimes get in a part of your body when you have not moved it for a long time

pint Ф / paint / ( abbreviation pt.) noun [count]

a measure of liquid (= 0.47 liters). There are eight pints in a gallon a pint of beer two pints of milk

pi • o • neer / ,pais ' nir / noun

[ count ]

a person who goes somewhere or does something before other people

the pioneers of the American West

pipe Ф / paip/ noun

[ count ]

a long tube that takes something such as water, oil, or gas from one place to another

A water pipe is leaking under the ground.

a tube with a small bowl at one end that is used for smoking tobacco (= the dried leaves used for making cigarettes )

My grandfather smoked a pipe.

pipe • line / paiplain / noun [count]

a line of pipes that carry oil or gas a long way

in the pipeline

If something is in the pipeline , it is being planned or prepared and will happen soon.

pi • rate1 / ' pairst / noun [count]

a person on a ship who robs other ships

pi • rate 2 / ' pairst / verb ( pi rates , pi • rat ing , pi • rat • ed )

to make an illegal copy of a book, a DVD, a CD, etc. in order to sell it

Are you sure this isn't pirated software? ► pi • ra • cy / ' pairssi / noun [ noncount ] the crime of making illegal copies of things to sell

pis • tol / pistl / noun [ count ] a small gun

pit / pit / noun

[count]

a deep hole in the ground We dug a deep pit in the yard.

the hard part in the middle of some types of fruit Peaches and plums have pits.

—Look at the picture at peach .

pitch 1 / pitf / verb ( pitch • es , pitch • ing , pitched )

( SPORTS ) (in baseball) to throw the ball to a person on the other team, who tries to hit it

to put up a tent (= a small house made of cloth ) We pitched our tent under a big tree.

pitch2 / pit/ / noun ( plural pitch • es )

[ count ] ( SPORTS ) an act of throwing a baseball to a player who tries to hit it

He hit the first pitch of the game into center field.

[ noncount ] ( MUSIC ) how high or low a sound is

pitch • er / ' pitjsr / noun

[count]