battle¹ /batˈl/

1. A contest between opposing armies, navies, air forces, etc
2. A fight or encounter
3. Conflict, struggle (figurative)
4. A battalion (archaic)

1. To fight
2. To struggle
3. To contend (with against or with)

1. To contest
2. To dispose in battalions (archaic)

battˈler noun

1. Someone who struggles, esp resolutely against difficult circumstances
2. Someone who scrapes a living by any means available (Aust and NZ)

battˈle-axe or -ax noun

1. (also without hyphen) a kind of axe once used in battle
2. A domineering, usu older woman (informal)

battle-axe block or battle-axe section noun (Aust and NZ)

A plot of land without a street frontage, with access to and from the street via a drive or lane

battˈlebus noun

A coach forming a mobile base for a politician on tour

battˈle-cruiser noun

A large warship, the same size as a battleship but faster and with fewer guns

battˈle-cry noun

1. A war cry
2. A slogan

battˈledress noun

A soldier's ordinary uniform

battle fatigue noun (psychology)

A psychological disorder caused by stress of combat (also figurative)

battˈlefield or battˈleground noun (lit and figurative)

The place on which a battle is or was fought

battˈle-piece noun

A picture or description of a battle

battˈleplane noun (obsolete)

A large fighting aeroplane

battle royal noun

1. A general mêlée
2. A fierce fight (also figurative)

battˈle-scarred adjective

1. Scarred in battle
2. Well-worn, looking well used

battˈleship noun

A warship of the first class

do battle (often figurative)

To fight

half the battle

Anything that brings one well on the way to success

join battle

To engage in fighting

battle² /batˈl/

1. Nourishing
2. Fertile

1. To feed
2. To fatten
3. To make or become fertile

battle³ /batˈl/ (obsolete)

To furnish with battlements (esp in pap)

• tupping
• tups
• tuptowing
• Tupí
• tuque
• tuques
• tu quoque
• uncles
• Uncle Sam
• uncleship
• uncleships
• Uncle Tom
• unclew
• unclewed
• unclewing
• unclews
• unclimbable
• unclimbed
• uncling
• unclipped
• unclipt
• uncloak
• uncloaked
• uncloaking
• uncloaks