LOW-PITCHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does low-pitched mean? 

• LOW-PITCHED (adjective)
  The adjective LOW-PITCHED has 2 senses:

1. used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

2. set at a low angle or slant

  Familiarity information: LOW-PITCHED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOW-PITCHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

Synonyms:

low; low-pitched

Similar:

alto; contralto (of or being the lowest female voice)

baritone (lower in range than tenor and higher than bass)

bass; deep (having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range)

contrabass; double-bass (pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range)

throaty (sounding as if pronounced low in the throat)

Attribute:

pitch (the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set at a low angle or slant

Context example:

a low-pitched roof

Similar:

inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)

 Context examples 

It has a distinctive low-pitched, loud-ringing bark.

(Old English Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)

Behind it all, however, came that low-pitched, deep-toned hum, which seemed to come from every quarter and to fill the whole air.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)