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Batch

/bæt͡ʃ/

The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

📖 Definitions of "Batch"

noun

1
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
"We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."
2
(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
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
4
A 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."

verb

1
To aggregate things together into a batch.
"The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement."
2
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."

adjective

1
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."

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