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batch1 definition

batch (bac̸h)

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

Etymology: ME bache < OE bacan, bake

batch2 definition

☆ batch (bac̸h)

intransitive verb

bach

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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