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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024batch1 /bætʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a quantity taken together;
lot: a batch of tickets. - a quantity made at one baking:a batch of cookies.
- Computinga group of jobs, data, or commands treated as a unit for computer processing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024batch1 (bach),USA pronunciation n. - a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:a batch of prisoners.
- 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.]
- Computinga group of jobs, data, or programs treated as a unit for computer processing.
- ComputingSee batch processing.
- Ceramics[Glassmaking.]
- a quantity of raw materials mixed in proper proportions and prepared for fusion into glass.
- the material so mixed.
v.t. - to combine, mix, or process in a batch.
- 1400–50; late Middle English bache, akin to bacan to bake; compare Old English gebæc, German Gebäck batch
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged group, lot, number, bunch, gang, set, pack, flock, troop.
batch2 (bach),USA pronunciation v.i., n. - Informal Termsbach.
- tch to clarify and normalize pronunciation, pronounced
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: batch /bætʃ/ n - 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
vb (transitive)- to group (items) for efficient processing
- to handle by batch processing
Etymology: 15th Century bache; related to Old English bacan to bake; compare Old English gebæc batch, German Gebäck batch, bach /bætʃ/ vb Austral NZ informal - (intransitive) (of a man) to do his own cooking and housekeeping
- to live alone
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