batterynoun
uk/ˈbæt.ər.i/us/ˈbæt̬.ɚ.i/battery noun (ELECTRICAL DEVICE)
A2 [ C ] a device that produces electricity to provide power for radios, cars, etc.:
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- You'll run the battery down if you leave your car lights on.
- It's not working - I don't think the battery is charging.
- Is it all right to leave/put the battery on charge overnight?
- I left my car lights on all night and now the battery is flat.
- The battery should prevent the computer system from going down in the event of a power cut.
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Electrical components & circuitry
- accumulator
- anode
- armature
- baseband chip
- capacitor
- cathode ray
- circuit
- circuit board
- commutator
- electrics
- electrode
- electromotive
- fuel cell
- fused
- grid
- integrated circuit
- LED display
- negative pole
- NiCad
- parallel
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battery noun (LARGE NUMBER)
a number of things of a similar type:
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- sight
- thousand
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battery noun (GUNS)
[ C ] a number of large guns and similar weapons operating together in the same place:
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Arms & munitions in general
- air-to-air
- air-to-ground
- ammo
- ammunition
- anti-aircraft
- arsenal
- battering ram
- battledress
- breastplate
- bulletproof
- catapult
- mustard gas
- nerve gas
- ordnance
- poison gas
- sarin
- stab vest
- strategic
- tear gas
- WMDs
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battery noun (ATTACK)
[ U ] → assault and battery
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- bunch
- conk
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- swing
- thump
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batteryadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈbæt.ər.i/us/ˈbæt̬.ɚ.i/UKusing a system of producing a large number of eggs cheaply by keeping a lot of chickens in rows of small cages (= boxes made of wire):
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Animal farming - general words
- abattoir
- animal husbandry
- aquaculture
- bedding
- beekeeper
- bluetongue
- draught
- heeler
- herd
- honeycomb
- lambing season
- milk
- nectar
- pen
- raise
- rear
- shepherd
- slaughterhouse
- stable
- wean
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