battery
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: attery, buttery, batter, cattery, rattery, nattery, bantery, mattery, bartery, batters, tattery
Antonyms: attery, buttery, batter, cattery, rattery, nattery, bantery, mattery, bartery, batters, tattery
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q267298}} {{lb|en|electrical|electronics|countable}} A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected [[electrochemical]] cells or (archaically) [[electrostatic]] cells.
- {{senseid|en|Q11379}} {{lb|en|metonymically|informally|uncountable}} The [[energy#English:_Q11379|energy]] stored in such a device.
- {{senseid|en|unlawful physical violence}} {{lb|en|legal}} The [[infliction]] of [[unlawful]] [[physical]] [[violence]] on a person, legally distinguished from [[assault]], which involves the threat of [[impending]] violence.
- {{senseid|en|Q56344492}} {{lb|en|military|countable|collective}} A [[coordinated]] [[group]] of [[artillery]] [[weapon]]s, with any of various numbers of guns.
- {{lb|en|historical|archaic}} An elevated platform on which [[cannon]] could be placed.
- An array of similar things.
- A set of small [[cage]]s where [[hen]]s are kept for the purpose of [[farm|farming]] their [[egg]]s.
- {{lb|en|baseball}} The catcher and the pitcher together
- {{lb|en|chess}} Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
- {{lb|en|music}} A marching [[percussion]] ensemble; the section of the [[drumline]] that marches on the field during a performance.
- {{lb|en|collective}} A group of [[barracuda]].
- The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.
Proper noun
- {{senseid|en|Q13689}} A park in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]].
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