Hypertext Webster Gateway: "batch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batch \Batch\, n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf.
G. geb["a]ck and D. baksel. See {Bake}, v. t.]
1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.
2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group
or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a
batch of letters; the next batch of business. ``A new
batch of Lords.'' --Lady M. W. Montagu.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
batch
n 1: all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn: {deal}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great
deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle},
{mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
3: a collection of things or persons to be handled together
[syn: {clutch}]
v : batch together; assemble or process as a batch
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