battery
bat|tery /b'ætəri/ (batteries)
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Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
The shavers come complete with batteries.
...a battery-operated cassette player.
...rechargeable batteries.
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A car battery is a rectangular box containing acid that is found in a car engine. It provides the electricity needed to start the car.
...a car with a flat battery.
3 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A battery of equipment such as guns, lights, or computers is a large set of it kept together in one place.
They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.
...batteries of spotlights set up on rooftops.
4 [N-COUNT] N of n
A battery of people or things is a very large number of them.
...a battery of journalists and television cameras...
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu N of n
A battery of tests is a set of tests that is used to assess a number of different aspects of something, such as your health.
We give a battery of tests to each patient.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
Battery farming is a system of breeding chickens and hens in which large numbers of them are kept in small cages, and used for their meat and eggs. (BRIT)
...battery hens being raised in dark, cramped conditions.
7
to recharge your batteries: see recharge
see also assault and batteryas|sault and bat|tery
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Assault and battery is the crime of attacking someone and causing them physical harm. (LEGAL)
1 [N-COUNT]
Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
The shavers come complete with batteries.
...a battery-operated cassette player.
...rechargeable batteries.
2 [N-COUNT]
A car battery is a rectangular box containing acid that is found in a car engine. It provides the electricity needed to start the car.
...a car with a flat battery.
3 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A battery of equipment such as guns, lights, or computers is a large set of it kept together in one place.
They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.
...batteries of spotlights set up on rooftops.
4 [N-COUNT] N of n
A battery of people or things is a very large number of them.
...a battery of journalists and television cameras...
5 [N-COUNT] usu sing, usu N of n
A battery of tests is a set of tests that is used to assess a number of different aspects of something, such as your health.
We give a battery of tests to each patient.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
Battery farming is a system of breeding chickens and hens in which large numbers of them are kept in small cages, and used for their meat and eggs. (BRIT)
...battery hens being raised in dark, cramped conditions.
7
to recharge your batteries: see recharge
see also assault and batteryas|sault and bat|tery
[N-UNCOUNT]
Assault and battery is the crime of attacking someone and causing them physical harm. (LEGAL)