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batch

/bæt͡ʃ/
noun
  1. The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

    "We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."

    Similar: recipe

  2. (by extension) 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."

    Similar: lot, pressing, run

  3. A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.

    Similar: group, lot

Synonymsgroup, lot, lot, pressing, run, recipe
verb
  1. To aggregate things together into a batch.

    "The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement."

  2. 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
  1. 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."

Antonymscontinuous

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