- a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together: a batch of prisoners.
- the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation: mixing a batch of concrete.
- the quantity of bread, cookies, dough, or the like, made at one baking.
- Computers.
- a group of jobs, data, or programs treated as a unit for computer processing.
- batch processing.
- Glassmaking.
- a quantity of raw materials mixed in proper proportions and prepared for fusion into glass.
- the material so mixed.
- to combine, mix, or process in a batch.
- a group or set of usually similar objects or people, esp if sent off, handled, or arriving at the same time
- the bread, cakes, etc, produced at one baking
- the amount of a material needed for an operation
- a tall loaf having a close texture and a thick crust on the top and bottom, baked as part of a batch: the sides of each loaf are greased so that they will pull apart after baking to have pale crumby sides; made esp in Scotland and Ireland
- to group (items) for efficient processing
- to handle by batch processing
- (of a man) to do his own cooking and housekeeping
- to live alone
