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batture

batture noun: a sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.

Noun

batture (plural battures)

  1. A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
    • The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.1826, William Christy, A Digest of Martin's Reports

Forms of batture

pluralbattures

Origin of batture

From French batture. Doublet of batter.

Words formed from batture

  • batturate

Questions about batture

What does batture mean?
Batture means a sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
What part of speech is batture?
Batture is a noun.
What is the plural of batture?
The plural of batture is battures.

Words near batture in the dictionary

  1. battri tings
  2. batts
  3. battu
  4. battue
  5. battues
  6. batture
  7. battures
  8. battuta
  9. batty
  10. batty boy
  11. batty boys

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