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
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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:
batteryPlural:
batteriesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Battery
- in battery
- the Battery
Origin of Battery
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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
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From Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“battre”), from Latin battuō (“beat”).
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