batch

UK /bæt͡ʃ/ US /bæt͡ʃ/
noun 7verb 3adj 1name 1

Definitions

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.

2

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.

3

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

c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday a new batch of Lords

4

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.

5

A bread roll.

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.

adj

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.

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