Search Result:battery


KK Pronunciation

〔 `bætәrI 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˋbætәri 〕


Overview of noun battery

The noun battery has 7 senses


  • battery -- (group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place)

  • battery, electric battery -- (a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series)

  • battery -- (a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests")

  • battery -- (a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher)

  • battery, stamp battery -- (a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores)

  • barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling -- (the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing")

  • battery, assault and battery -- (an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact)