the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.
adj. Smeared with pitch.
adj. Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of, or of the nature of, or resembling pitch; like pitch.
Smeared with pitch.
Black; dark; dismal.
In zoöl., dark-brown inclining toward black; piceous.
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adj. having the characteristics of pitch or tar
adj. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Word Usage
"Almost before he was in, he found he could come up; but he came up slowly, breaking surface in pitchy blackness and feeling about him without splashing."