batch1

[bach] /bætʃ/
noun
1.
a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together:
a batch of prisoners.
2.
the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation:
mixing a batch of concrete.
3.
the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.
4.
Computers.
  1. a group of jobs, data, or programs treated as a unit for computer processing.
  2. batch processing.
5.
Glassmaking.
  1. a quantity of raw materials mixed in proper proportions and prepared for fusion into glass.
  2. the material so mixed.
verb (used with object)
6.
to combine, mix, or process in a batch.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English bache, akin to bacan to bake; compare Old English gebæc, German Gebäck batch
Synonyms
1. group, lot, number, bunch, gang, set, pack, flock, troop.

batch2

[bach] /bætʃ/
verb (used without object), noun
1.
bach.
Origin
tch to clarify and normalize pronunciation
Examples from the web for batch
  • Add the second batch of garbanzo beans to the first, toss with the paprika, and serve.
  • Crucially, it also replicated the finding with an all-new batch of neutrinos.
  • batch collectors or integrated collector-storage systems heat water inside a large tank or box and store it there until needed.
  • Recycling plants often make recycled paper stronger by adding some new pulp to each batch.
  • Two year later, the batch of mail was found and delivered.
  • Double the recipe for the mint syrup if you're planning to make more than one batch of these refreshing summer drinks.
  • Maybe you can give one batch to your lottery ticket specialist.
  • It takes two months of monkey-watching to be sure that a batch is safe.
  • Ed's filming himself in the wild, and now he's got to deliver his first batch of tapes.
  • Chlorine evaporates quickly from solution, so you'll have to make up a fresh batch of sterilizing fluid every time you need some.
British Dictionary definitions for batch

batch1

/bætʃ/
noun
1.
a group or set of usually similar objects or people, esp if sent off, handled, or arriving at the same time
2.
the bread, cakes, etc, produced at one baking
3.
the amount of a material needed for an operation
4.
Also called batch 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 (transitive)
5.
to group (items) for efficient processing
6.
to handle by batch processing
Word Origin
C15 bache; related to Old English bacan to bake; compare Old English gebæc batch, German Gebäck

batch2

/bætʃ/
verb (Austral & NZ, informal)
1.
(intransitive) (of a man) to do his own cooking and housekeeping
2.
to live alone
Word Origin and History for batch
n.

Old English *bæcce "something baked," from bacan "bake" (see bake (v.)). Batch is to bake as watch (n.) is to wake and match (n.2) "one of a pair" is to make. Extended 1713 to "any quantity produced at one operation."

Slang definitions & phrases for batch

bach

noun

A bachelor (1850s+)

verb

(also bach it) Of a man, to live alone (1860s+)


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Related Terms

bach, lay a batch


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