batch

[bach]

noun

1. a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together.

   a batch of prisoners.

   Synonyms: troop, pack, gang, flock, band, set, number, lot, group, bunch, bunch

2. the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation.

   mixing a batch of concrete.

3. the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.

4. Computers.

   1. a group of jobs, data, or programs treated as a unit for computer processing.

   2. batch processing.

5. Glassmaking.

   1. a quantity of raw materials mixed in proper proportions and prepared for fusion into glass.

   2. the material so mixed.

verb (used with object)

1. to combine, mix, or process in a batch.

batch

¹

/ bætʃ /

noun

1. a group or set of usually similar objects or people, esp if sent off, handled, or arriving at the same time

2. the bread, cakes, etc, produced at one baking

3. the amount of a material needed for an operation

4. Also called: batch loaf. a tall loaf having a close texture and a thick crust on the top and bottom, baked as part of a batch: the sides of each loaf are greased so that they will pull apart after baking to have pale crumby sides; made esp in Scotland and Ireland Compare pan loaf

verb

1. to group (items) for efficient processing

2. to handle by batch processing

batch

²

/ bætʃ /

verb

1. (intr) (of a man) to do his own cooking and housekeeping

2. to live alone

Word History and Origins

Origin of batch¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English bache “amount of bread produced in one baking,” Old English gebæc; akin to German Gebäck “pastry, cakes”; bake

Word History and Origins

Origin of batch¹

C15 bache ; related to Old English bacan to _bake ; compare Old English gebæc batch, German Gebäck

Example Sentences

Then, in 2028, the first batch of negotiated prices for some Part B drugs is set to go into effect.

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Even after she made sugar-coated nuts for holiday gifts and burned a batch here or there, the cookie sheets looked like new.

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For Díaz, it was when he heard the album with the first batch of songs, released about four months after the show’s debut, playing in multiple record stores around Santiago.

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Others pointed to the latest batch of labor-market data released Thursday morning.

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Others pointed to the latest batch of labor-market data released Thursday morning.

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