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Word entry · 5 letters

batch

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"Set processed together"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bæt͡ʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted abchtStarts with BEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word
1B2A3T4C5H

Definitions

  1. batch together; assemble or process as a batch

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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

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01Set processed together5 letters
02Group processed together5 letters

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