batch

The definition of a batch means a group or collection of objects or the amount of something produced at one time.

(noun)

A example of a batch is two loaves of bread.

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See batch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the amount (of bread, etc.) produced at one baking
  2. the amount of material, as dough, needed for one operation
  3. the quantity of anything made in one operation or lot
  4. a number of things or persons taken as a group; lot; set
  5. a group of programs, instructions, etc. for processing by a computer in a single run

Origin: ME bache < OE bacan, bake

intransitive verb

bach

See batch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An amount produced at one baking: a batch of cookies.
  2. A quantity required for or produced as the result of one operation: made a batch of cookie dough; mixed a batch of cement.
  3. A group of persons or things: a batch of tourists; a whole new batch of problems.
  4. Computer Science A set of data or jobs to be processed in a single program run.
transitive verb batched, batch·ing, batch·es
To assemble or process as a batch.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bache

Origin: , probably from Old English *bǽcce

Origin: , from bacan, to bake

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noun & v.
Informal
Variant of bach.

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