| NOUN | group | battery | group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place |
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| artifact | battery, electric battery | a device that produces electricity | |
| group | battery | a collection of related things intended for use together | |
| group | battery | a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher / catcher | |
| artifact | battery, stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores | |
| act | battery, barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area / area rather than hit a specific target | |
| act | battery, assault and battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
| Sounds | bae'teriy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place. | |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | artillery, artillery unit | An army unit that uses big guns |
| Spanish | batería | |
| Catalan | bateria | |
| Meaning | A device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series. | |
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| Synonym | electric battery | |
| Parts | electrode | A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit |
| terminal, pole | A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves | |
| Narrower | A battery | The battery used to heat the filaments of a vacuum tube |
| B battery | battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube | |
| C battery | battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube | |
| voltaic battery, galvanic battery | battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel | |
| voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pile | battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series | |
| Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| Spanish | acumulador, batería eléctrica, batería, pila | |
| Catalan | bateria elèctrica, bateria, pila | |
| Meaning | A collection of related things intended for use together. | |
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| Example | "took a battery of achievement tests" | |
| Members | sub-test | One of a battery of related tests |
| Parts | artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance | large but transportable armament |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Meaning | A unit composed of the pitcher and catcher / catcher. | |
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| Part of | baseball team | A team that plays baseball |
| Broader | team, squad | A cooperative unit (especially in sports) |
| Meaning | A series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores. | |
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| Synonym | stamp battery | |
| Parts | stamp, pestle | machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores |
| Broader | stamp mill, stamping mill | A mill in which ore is crushed with stamps |
| Meaning | The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area / area rather than hit a specific target. | |
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| Synonyms | barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling | |
| Broader | fire, firing | The act of firing / firing / firing weapons or artillery at an enemy / enemy |
| Spanish | línea de fuego | |
| Catalan | línea de foc | |
| Meaning | An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact. | |
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| Synonym | assault and battery | |
| Narrower | resisting arrest | Physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest |
| Broader | assault | A threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped |
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