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English noun: battery | |||
| 1. | battery (group) group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | artillery, artillery unit | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | battery (artifact) a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series | ||
| Synonyms | electric battery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electrical device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | A battery, B battery, C battery, galvanic battery, galvanic pile, pile, voltaic battery, voltaic pile | ||
| Part holonym | electrode, pole, terminal | ||
| 3. | battery (group) a collection of related things intended for use together | ||
| Samples | Took a battery of achievement tests. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Part holonym | artillery, gun, heavy weapon, ordnance | ||
| Member holonym | sub-test | ||
| 4. | battery (group) a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | squad, team | ||
| Part meronym | baseball team | ||
| 5. | battery (artifact) a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores | ||
| Synonyms | stamp battery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stamp mill, stamping mill | ||
| Part holonym | pestle, stamp | ||
| 6. | battery (act) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | ||
| Samples | They laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops. The shelling went on for hours without pausing. | ||
| Synonyms | barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fire, firing | ||
| 7. | battery (act) an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | ||
| Synonyms | assault and battery | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assault | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | resisting arrest | ||
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