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noun/ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi//ˈbæt͡ʃɹi//ˈbæt.əɹi/
  1. 1

    A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.countable

    • alkaline battery
    • sodium-ion battery
  2. 2

    A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.; Such a device that has multiple cells.countableuncountable

    • Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
  3. 3

    The energy stored in such a device.informalmetonymicallyuncountable

    • Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
    • A: How much battery do you have left? B: Only 63%.
  4. 4

    The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.countableuncountable

    • Holonym: assault and battery
  5. 5

    A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.collectivecountable

    • Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.
  6. 6

    A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.; Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization.collectivecountableuncountable

    • They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
  7. 7

    An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.archaiccountablehistorical

    • such forts being so contrived as to have two or three batteries, one higher than the other, furnished with many cannon.
    • His grand battery was as badly provided with cannon as his little battery, for not a single gun was mounted on either.
  8. 8

    An array of similar things.countableuncountable

    • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
  9. 9

    A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.countableuncountable

    • ‘Do you know how battery chickens live?’
  10. 10

    The catcher and the pitcher togethercountableuncountable

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