Usually means: Tonal emphasis distinguishing word meanings.
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  1. pitch accent: Merriam-Webster
  2. pitch accent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. pitch accent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pitch accent: Vocabulary.com
  5. pitch accent: Wiktionary
  6. pitch accent: Dictionary.com
  7. Pitch-accent, Pitch accent (intonation), Pitch accent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pitch accent: Rhymezone
  9. pitch accent: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pitch accent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pitch accent: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See pitch_accents as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pitch accent)

noun:  (phonology) Any of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.

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