Battery Definition

bătə-rē
batteries
noun
batteries
A device containing an electric cell or a series of electric cells storing chemical energy that can be converted into electrical power, usually in the form of direct current.
American Heritage
The act of battering, beating, or pounding.
Webster's New World
The act of beating or pounding.
American Heritage
Machinery used in battering.
Webster's New World
The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
idiom
in battery
  • in firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge
Webster's New World
the Battery
  • a park in New York City, at the S tip of Manhattan: 21 acres
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Battery

Noun

Singular:
battery
Plural:
batteries

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Battery

  • in battery
  • the Battery

Origin of Battery

  • Middle English batri forged metal ware from Old French baterie a beating from batre to batter batter1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“battre”), from Latin battuō (“beat”).

    From Wiktionary

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