Batch
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English
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Pronunciation
- băch, /bætʃ/, /b{tS/
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Noun
batch (plural: batches)
\Batch\, n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. geb["a]ck and D. baksel. See {Bake}, v. t.]
- The quantity of bread baked at one time.
- A quantity of anything produced at one operation (antonym: continuous); a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. A new batch of Lords. --Lady M. W. Montagu.
- (vulgar{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) We had a pretty batch of it last night; we had a hearty dose of liquor.
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