1. A collection of things or persons to be handled together
   "The factory produced a batch of new cars";
   - clutch
    
2. All the loaves of bread baked at the same time
   "The baker prepared a fresh batch of sourdough loaves"
    
3. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number, amount or extent
   "a batch of letters";
   - deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack [informal], tidy sum, wad, bunch [informal], scad [N. Amer, informal]

1. Assemble or process together as a batch
   "The factory batched the orders to improve efficiency"

Sounds like: bach

Derived forms: batched, batches, batching

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, group, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity

Encyclopedia: Batch