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1.nounThe quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time."We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."
2.noun(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation."We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom."
3.nounA group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
4.nounA set of data to be processed with one execution of a program."The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control."
5.nounA bread roll.
6.nounA graduating class."She was the valedictorian of Batch '73."
7.nounThe process of baking.
8.verbTo aggregate things together into a batch."The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement."
9.verbTo handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process."The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning."
10.adjectiveOf a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting."The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line."