batch
/bæt͡ʃ/
batch noun: the quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
Noun (1)
batch (plural batches)
- The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
- 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.
- A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
- a new batch of Lordsc. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday
- A group of bakers.
- A batch of bakers came to Copenhagen from Vienna, Austria, upon request.2024, Dr. Avin Thaliath, A Baker’s Journey: Science in the Art of Baking, Partridge Publishing India
- The matter now became serious, for Charles had changed his butcher already three or four times, and was having his bread of nearly the last of a confiding batch of bakers.2020, Gilbert Abbott è Becket, The Comic History of England
- A set of data to be processed at one time.
- The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
- A graduating class; school class.
- She was the valedictorian of Batch ’73.
- A bread roll.
- The process of baking.
- Except the baker doe his part also in the batch.1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b
Verb (1)
batch (third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched)
- To aggregate things together into a batch.
- The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
- Sound but more workaday fleeces are batched to make roving and yarn.2026, Robin Nistock, quotee, “Makers Space”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 13
- 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.
Adjective
batch (not comparable)
- 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.
Noun (2)
batch (plural batches)
Verb (2)
batch (third-person singular simple present batches, present participle batching, simple past and past participle batched)
- To live as a bachelor temporarily, of a married man or someone virtually married.
- I am batching next week when my wife visits her sister.
Proper noun capitalized: Batch
Batch (plural Batches)
- A surname.
batch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
batch in Hindi
- batch, group
- पाली pālī
batch in Tamil
- அணி, குழு, தொகுதி, பிரிவு, கூறு, ஈடு
batch in Marathi
- a batch, consignment, or load sent or produced at one time
- खेप khepa
batch in Urdu
- گھان, جتھہ, پور, تھوک, گتھی بنانا, اکٹھا کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- batch in Bengali
- দল, কেতা, গুচ্ছবদ্ধ করা, দলবদ্ধ করা
- batch in Telugu
- బ్యాచ్
- batch in Malayalam
- ഒരു കൂട്ടം ആളുകൾ, സംഘം
- batch in Kannada
- ತಂಡ taṇḍa
- batch in Punjabi
- ਪਰਾਗਾ parāgā, پَراگا parāgā
- batch in Gujarati
- બેચ
- batch in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାଚ୍, ବ୍ଯାଚ୍, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଚ୍ କରିବା
- batch in Nepali
- ब्याच, ब्याचहरू, ब्याच गर्न
- batch in Indonesian
- lot, tumpak, kloter, lompok
- batch in Persian
- بچ bač
- batch in Vietnamese
- mẻ
Examples of batch in a sentence
- Each batch is an FTP. The log tracking them is on the dashboard.
- To cook up a batch of biodiesel, scientists stir together methanol and vegetable fat.
- Nan made a batch of fresh mogs for Christmas—rich with molasses and full of raisins.
Synonyms of batch
Antonyms
Forms of batch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | batches |
| alternative form (obsolete) | baiche |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | batches |
| present participle | batching |
| past participle | batched |
| past | batched |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Batches |
Origin of batch
From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel.
From Middle English bache, bæcche, from Old English bæċ, beċe (“brook, stream”). Doublet of beck. More at beach.
Clipping of bachelor (“unmarried adult male”).
Words formed from batch
Phrases with batch
Words that rhyme with batch
Questions about batch
- What does batch mean?
- Batch means the quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
- What is batch in Hindi?
- Batch in Hindi is पाली (pālī). See Batch meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is batch?
- Batch can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce batch?
- Batch is pronounced /bæt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of batch?
- The plural of batch is batches.
Words near batch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: batch (page history and authors); Batch (page history and authors); पाली (Hindi) (page history and authors); batch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खेप (Marathi) (page history and authors); batch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); batch (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); batch (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batch (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ತಂಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors); batch (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batch (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); batch (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-batch.ogg.
Cite this entry: “batch.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/batch. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.