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batch
[ bach ]
noun
- a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:
a batch of prisoners.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , , ,
- the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation:
mixing a batch of concrete.
- the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.
- Computers.
- a group of jobs, data, or programs treated as a unit for computer processing.
- Glassmaking.
- a quantity of raw materials mixed in proper proportions and prepared for fusion into glass.
- the material so mixed.
verb (used with object)
- to combine, mix, or process in a batch.
batch
1/ æʃ /
noun
- a group or set of usually similar objects or people, esp if sent off, handled, or arriving at the same time
- the bread, cakes, etc, produced at one baking
- the amount of a material needed for an operation
- Also calledbatch loaf a tall loaf having a close texture and a thick crust on the top and bottom, baked as part of a batch: the sides of each loaf are greased so that they will pull apart after baking to have pale crumby sides; made esp in Scotland and Ireland Compare pan loaf
verb
- to group (items) for efficient processing
- to handle by batch processing
batch
2/ æʃ /
verb
- intr (of a man) to do his own cooking and housekeeping
- to live alone
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of batch1
Example Sentences
The streamer has announced it will split the new season in half - releasing the first episodes on 6 August and the second batch on 3 September.
After beginning to reshape their rosters during the free agency period, NFL teams will now select from the latest batch of players to emerge from the college game.
She has also found a love for batch cooking nutritious meals which she posts about on all of her channels on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube and the workarounds she has developed as a blind cook.
The 10,000 pages of files released Friday on Robert K. Kennedy is just the first batch of files related to his assassination.
Patients who take a common drug for high blood pressure are being urged to check their medication after a batch was recalled over the wrong dose being printed on the box.
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