batch
/bæt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
noun
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
noun
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
noun
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
noun
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
Example Sentences
- "We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."
- "We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom."
- "c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday a new batch of Lords"
- "A batch of bakers came to Copenhagen from Vienna, Austria, upon request."
- "The matter now became serious, for Charles had changed his butcher already three or four times, and was having his bread of nearly the last of a confiding batch of bakers."
- "And the heaviest batch of bakers on the planet"
Etymology
From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
batches (plural)
batches (present, singular)
batching (participle, present)
batched (participle, past)
batched (past)
baiche (alternative, obsolete)