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.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of 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.
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.
Meanings
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.
(broadly) The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time. ▸ 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.
(collective) A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
c. 1710-1720, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle to Lord Hervey on the King's Birthday
a new batch of Lords
(collective, rare) A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. ▸ A group of bakers.
The matter now became serious, for Charles had changed his butcher already three or four times, and was having his bread of nearly the last of a confiding batch of bakers. 2020, Gilbert Abbott è Becket, The Comic History of England:
And the heaviest batch of bakers on the planet 2012, Wade Powers, The Resurrection Factor, page 175:
A batch of bakers came to Copenhagen from Vienna, Austria, upon request. 2024, Dr. Avin Thaliath, A Baker’s Journey: Science in the Art of Baking, Partridge Publishing India:
(collective) A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. ▸ A set of data to be processed at one time.
The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.
(India, Philippines, collective) A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business. ▸ A graduating class; school class.
She was the valedictorian of Batch ’73.
(Midlands, UK, dialectal) A bread roll.
(obsolete) The process of baking.
Except the baker doe his part also in the batch. 1551, T. Wilson, Logike 42 b:
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produced in one operation) · cmn 程序組 /程序组 (computing) · fi nippu (group or collection of things of the same kind) · hy խմբաքանակ (quantity of baked goods made at one time) · es procesamiento por lotes (computing) · es hornada (quantity of baked goods made at one time) · fi erä (quantity of baked goods made at one time) · bg партида (group or collection of things of the same kind) · it serie (group or collection of things of the same kind) · pt fornada (quantity of baked goods made at one time) · de Stapel (quantity of baked goods made at one time) · gl runfra (group or collection of things of the same kind) · cs skupina (group or collection of things of the same kind)
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To aggregate things together into a batch.
The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement.
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:
(transitive) To 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.