all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
"The baker pulled a fresh batch from the oven, and they were still warm and soft to the touch."
(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"
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
"The old sailors warned us to steer clear of the hidden batch where the ship ran aground on the shifting sands."
A bank; a sandbank.
In plain English: A batch is a heap or pile of something.
"The river deposited a fresh batch of seaweed on the shore."
Usage: Batch (noun) refers to a group of things made, produced, or occurring together. Think of a batch of cookies fresh from the oven, or a batch of emails sent at once.
batch together; assemble or process as a batch
"The factory workers will batch together all the defective units to be sent for recycling."
To aggregate things together into a batch.
"After his wife moved in with her parents for six months, he decided to batch it out until they could move back together."
To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
In plain English: To batch means to live alone for a while, even if you're usually with a partner.
"Having his wife away on business, he decided to batch it for a week and enjoy some peace and quiet."
Usage: Use "batch" to describe a married man living apart from his wife, often due to work or military service; it implies a temporary state of single living. It's an older term and less common today, but still occasionally encountered in historical texts or specific contexts.
Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
"The factory runs its paint mixing machine in batches to ensure each color is produced under consistent temperature and pressure before stopping completely."
In plain English: Batch means doing something in groups rather than continuously.
"The factory uses a batch process to manufacture the specialty chemicals."
Usage: Use "batch" as a noun to refer to a group processed or produced together (e.g., "a batch of cookies"). As an adjective, it describes a process that runs in discrete sets rather than continuously (e.g., "batch processing").
A surname.
"The Batch family has lived in that village for three generations."
The word "batch" comes from Middle English and originally meant something baked. It is related to the verb "to bake" and similar words in other Germanic languages that refer to baked goods or the act of baking.