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  1. noun An amount produced at one baking: a batch of cookies.
  2. noun A quantity required for or produced as the result of one operation: made a batch of cookie dough; mixed a batch of cement.
  3. noun A group of persons or things: a batch of tourists; a whole new batch of problems.
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  • So we made them a big batch, and it was in my -- now, we'd just moved here. —  David Holt plays mountain music
  • He kept muttering that a miller never leaves his mill , and struggled to see to the rest of the sacks before the wind gave, even though the batch was already ruined. —  FSFMagazine,May2007
  • This batch was made with akvavit, enhancing the dill and caraway notes; I've also used gin with excellent results. —  Blog d'Elisson
  • Summer placements for your batch will be in September 2009
  • She made a large batch -- enough to pack her large SUV -- and went to a church service in Forest Hill to try and sell the cakes. —  thetowntalk.com -
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handful ·  mouthful ·  most ·  packet ·  shipment ·  assortment ·  spoonful ·  stack ·  plenty ·  quantity ·  load ·  copy

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batch:   batches
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Etymologies (6)

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  1. Middle English bache, probably from Old English *bæcce, from bacan, to bake.

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  1. from Middle English bacche, batche, from Anglo-Saxon as if *bæcce, from bacan, bake; cf. Danish bægt, German gebäck, a batch: see bake.
  2. from batch, n.
  3. English dial., formerly also baiche; from Middle English bache, bæcche, perhaps for *becche, from Anglo-Saxon bece, bæce, a brook: see beck. For the transfer of sense from ‘stream’ to ‘bank, mound, vale,’ cf. dike and ditch.
  4. English dial., from batch, n.
  5. apparently an assibilated form of back.
 

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