Battery

Quick meaning: Battery is a noun meaning (metonymic, informal, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.

Meaning

(metonymic, informal, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.

More Meanings

1. (military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
2. An array of similar things.
3. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
4. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
5. (electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
6. (law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
7. (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.

Example Sentences

alkaline battery

lead-acid battery

sodium-ion battery

His flashlight takes two AA batteries.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for battery

Depending on context, synonyms include assault, barrage, bombardment, shelling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bombardment, barrage, shelling, assault, alternator, battery-powered.

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