3syllables
batteries
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Definitions ofbatteries
1noun
- A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.
- The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.
- A coordinated group of artillery weapons.
- An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
- An array of similar things.
Example: "Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress."
- A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
- The catcher and the pitcher together
- Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
- A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline.
- The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
- Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.
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