batch

English

/bæt͡ʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
  • (by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
  • A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
  • (computing) A set of data to be processed with one execution of a program.
  • (UK) A bread roll.
  • (Philippines) A graduating class.
  • (obsolete) The process of baking.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bache inherited from Old English *bæċe inherited from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (brook, beach, stream, strand, baking).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bakiz

Gloss

brook, beach, stream, strand, baking

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

河

Emoji

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