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low-pitched

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low-pitched (lpcht)
adj.
1. Low in tone or tonal range.
2. Having a moderate slope: a low-pitched roof.
low-pitched
Adjective
1. pitched low in tone
2. (of a roof) with a shallow slope
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Adj.1.low-pitched - used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
low
2.low-pitched - set at a low angle or slant; "a low-pitched roof"
inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
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"It's so with me and Pyotr, and the coachman, Fyodor, and that merchant, and all the people living along the Volga, where those placards invite one to go, and everywhere and always," she thought when she had driven under the low-pitched roof of the Nizhigorod station, and the porters ran to meet her.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
It is too possible that to some of my readers Methodism may mean nothing more than low-pitched gables up dingy streets, sleek grocers, sponging preachers, and hypocritical jargon--elements which are regarded as an exhaustive analysis of Methodism in many fashionable quarters.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Its low-pitched gables and thatched roof and latticed windows give it quite a story-book appearance, while inside it is even still more once-upon-a-timeyfied.
Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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