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batch 1  (bch)
n.
1. An amount produced at one baking: a batch of cookies.
2. A quantity required for or produced as the result of one operation: made a batch of cookie dough; mixed a batch of cement.
3. A group of persons or things: a batch of tourists; a whole new batch of problems.
4. Computer Science A set of data or jobs to be processed in a single program run.
tr.v. batched, batch·ing, batch·es
To assemble or process as a batch.

[Middle English bache, probably from Old English *bæcce, from bacan, to bake.]

batch 2  (bch)
n. & v. Informal
Variant of bach.

batch1
n
1. a group or set of usually similar objects or people, esp if sent off, handled, or arriving at the same time
2. (Cookery) the bread, cakes, etc., produced at one baking
3. the amount of a material needed for an operation
4. (Cookery) 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
vb (tr)
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) to group (items) for efficient processing
2. to handle by batch processing
[C15 bache; related to Old English bacan to bake; compare Old English gebæc batch, German Gebäck]

batch2, bach [bætʃ]
vb Austral and NZ informal
1. (intr) (of a man) to do his own cooking and housekeeping
2. to live alone

Batch a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind, taken or made at the same time. See also lot, sort.
Examples: batch of beers [a brewing], 1713; of bread [quantity baked at one time], 1461; of letters [usually a bundle] 1782; of notes; of politics, 1840; of prize money, 1838; of soup, 1878; of visitors, 1793.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.batch - all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
2.batchbatch - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
3.batch - a collection of things or persons to be handled together
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
schmear, schmeer, shmear - (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together; "he bought the whole schmeer"
Verb1.batch - batch together; assemble or process as a batch
group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"

batch
noun group, set, lot, crowd, pack, collection, quantity, bunch, accumulation, assortment, consignment, assemblage, aggregation the current batch of trainee priests
Translations
batch [bætʃ]
A. N
1. [of goods etc] → lote m, remesa f; [of papers] → pila f; [of people] → grupo m; [of bread] → hornada f
2. (Comput) → lote m
B. CPD batch file N (Comput) → fichero m BAT
batch mode N (Comput) in batch modeen tratamiento por lotes
batch processing N (Comput) → tratamiento m por lotes
batch production N (Ind) → producción f por lotes

batch [ˈbætʃ ˈbætʃ] n
[bread] → fournée f
[papers] → liasse f
[letters] → paquet m
(= group) [applicants, trainees] → contingent m
[work] → monceau m
[goods] → lot m
batch processing n (COMPUTING)traitement m par lot

batch
n (of people)Schwung m (inf); (of loaves)Schub m; (of prisoners, recruits also)Trupp m; (of things dispatched also)Sendung f, → Ladung f; (of letters, books, work also)Stoß m, → Stapel m; (of dough, concrete etc)Ladung f

batch (Comput):
batch command
nBatchbefehl m
batch file
nStapeldatei f, → Batchdatei f
batch job
nStapelverarbeitung f
batch processing
nStapelverarbeitung f, → Batchbetrieb m

batch [bætʃ] n (of applicants, letters) → gruppo; (of work) → sezione f; (of goods) → partita, lotto; (of recruits) → contingente m; (of bread) → infornata; (of papers) → cumulo
batch [bætʃ] n (of applicants, letters) → gruppo; (of work) → sezione f; (of goods) → partita, lotto; (of recruits) → contingente m; (of bread) → infornata; (of papers) → cumulo

batch
n batch [bӕtʃ]
a number of things made, delivered etc, all at one time a batch of bread; The letters were sent out in batches. bondel, baksel, klomp كميّه، دُفْعَةٌ مِن количество várka, dávka, balík bundt; portion die Menge φουρνιά, παρτίδα hornada; lote tegu (leiba), partii, ports دسته؛ گروه erä tas, paquet קְבוּצָה जत्था šarža egy sütet, tétel, csomó paket, adonan samsafn, slatti, sending, hópur infornata; lotto, partita; mucchio 一群 한 번에 처리되는 양 partija, siunta cepiens dalam kumpulan partij porsjon; sending plik, partia fornada gră­ma­dă; pachet пачка; группа; кучка dávka, várka; balík paket tovar hop, omgång, bunt จำนวนสิ่งของที่ผลิตหรือจัดส่งในเวลาเดียวกัน yığın, grup, parti 一次生產量;一批 повна піч хліба; пачка دستہ ، جتھا đợt


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She had absolutely no taste in dress, and wore a batch of rusty black lace with a bunch of artificial violets pinned to the side of her hair.
You brought out a book which had cost you years of thought and labour; it was given two or three contemptuous lines among a batch of similar volumes, twenty or thirty copies were sold, and the rest of the edition was pulped.
Doctor, dear, and meanwhile I will make a batch of cherry pies.
 
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