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plural batches
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. examples
(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation. examples
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. quotations examples
a new batch of Lords
c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday
(computing) A set of data to be processed at one time. examples
(UK, dialect, Midlands) A bread roll. examples
(Philippines) A graduating class; school class. examples
(obsolete) The process of baking. quotations
Except the baker doe his part also in the batch.
1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b
third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched
(transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch. examples
(transitive, computing) To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process. examples
not comparable
Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting. examples
A bank; a sandbank. examples
A field or patch of ground lying near a stream; the dale in which a stream flows. examples
(informal) To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married. examples