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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

   “We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

   “We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.”

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.

   “The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.”

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   A bread roll.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   A graduating class.

   “She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.”

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   The process of baking.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To aggregate things together into a batch.

   “The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.”

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.

   “The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.”

10. Meaning 10 · adjective

    Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.

    “The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.”
• General “We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.”
• General “The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.”
• General “She was the valedictorian of Batch '73.”
• Everyday “The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.”
• General “The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.”
• Everyday “The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line.”

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