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noun Electricity.

a voltaic battery consisting of two or more storage cells.

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Origin of storage battery

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby storage battery

stopwatch, stopword, stop-work, storable, storage, storage battery, storage capacity, storage cell, storage device, storage disease, storage heater

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How to use storage battery in a sentence

Thanks to their high concentration of carbon fibers, they have the potential to function as storage batteries.
NASA’s Trippy Thought: Build Space Homes Out of Mushrooms|Nick Hilden|November 16, 2021|The Daily Beast
Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two weeks before trial, Beebe pleaded guilty to a single charge of aggravated sexual battery.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A storage building became a ghostly concrete frame lit bright orange.
Raging Protesters Set Ferguson on Fire|Justin Glawe|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

With a rescue plan in place and a five-year, $4.9 million contract between Phoenix and the CDC, the planes went into storage.
The American Ebola Rescue Plan Hinges on One Company. Meet Phoenix.|Abby Haglage|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Having spent 11 hours in cold storage, she began moving around within her body bag, where mortuary staff found her alive and well.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Pat Malone, you are fined five dollars for assault and battery on Mike Sweeney.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
To-day I have stood in the main battery which has fired a shot establishing, in its way, a record in the annals of destruction.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Tombs had two horses shot under him, and thirteen out of fifty men in his battery were killed or wounded.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
A bailee who was a cold storage keeper, stated in his receipt "all damage to property is at the owner's risk."
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for storage battery

storage battery

noun

another name (esp US) for accumulator (def. 1)

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