Batch (Noun)
Meaning 1
All the loaves of bread baked at the same time.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The bakery sold an entire batch of warm baguettes within the first hour of opening.
- The new batch of bread coming out of the oven was going to be sold at a discount due to its unusual shape.
- It took three bakers working together to carefully mix the ingredients for the large batch of dough.
- Before leaving for the day, the head baker ensured that the next morning's batch of pastries was ready to go into the oven.
- By standardizing the process for each batch of bread, the bakery significantly improved consistency in their products.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
(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".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- A new batch of orders will be sent out on Monday for all remaining tickets that are due for renewal this quarter.
- Our supervisor divided all customer information into three different groups which together represented our large batch of overseas clients as well.
- Having just completed a month-long sabbatical, my batch of saved unread emails reaches almost 3000 notifications by now and is certainly an added headache.
- An unusual batch of side effects was associated with this newly released medicine following reports released after extended usage by laboratory test patients.
- Throughout last weekend an efficient system for automatically handling a continuous stream of visitors was demonstrated each with a unique batch of specially formatted identification documentation.
Synonyms
- Mass
- Good Deal
- Lot
- Quite A Little
- Great Deal
- Flock
- Hatful
- Peck
- Tidy Sum
- Slew
- Raft
- Passel
- Wad
- Mountain
- Pot
- Sight
- Mint
- Pile
- Mickle
- Spate
- Stack
- Deal
- Plenty
- Muckle
- Mess
- Heap
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 3
A collection of things or persons to be handled together.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The company produced a batch of new smartphones for release in the coming weeks.
- The chef divided the cookies into batches to ensure they were baked evenly.
- She washed the dirty laundry in large batches on the weekends.
- A new batch of recruits began training at the police academy today.
- The students worked together to finish a batch of paintings for the art competition.