battery

CEFRA2

/ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device that stores electricity for later use.

  2. 02

    noun

    A group of similar items or equipment.

Examples

  • This job is not for every person in the battery.

  • The battery gave out.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈbæɾə.ɹi]
  • /ˈbaʈ.(ə)ri/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The energy stored in such a device.

  2. A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

  3. Such a device that has multiple cells.

More examples

In context

  • The battery ran down.

  • alkaline battery

  • lead-acid battery

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y. The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.