Batch Meaning
/bæt͡ʃ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
nounA quantity of anything produced at one operation.
Sentence Examples
There were nineteen graduates for the batch of Spanish class.
Another batch of cookies are coming out of the oven.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The baker prepared a fresh ____ of cookies for the school fundraiser.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She baked a whole ____ of fresh chocolate chip cookies this morning city.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Except the baker doe his part also in the batch."
— 1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b:
"Sound but more workaday fleeces are batched to make roving and yarn."
— 2026, Robin Nistock, quotee, “Makers Space”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 13:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The baker prepared a fresh ____ of cookies for the school fundraiser.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She baked a whole ____ of fresh chocolate chip cookies this morning city.