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      batteries
      noun
      (electricity, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
      (metonymic, informal, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.
      (originally and sometimes still, strictly) Such a device that has multiple cells.
      (law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
      (military, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
      Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization.
      An array of similar things.
      (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
      (music) A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
      The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.
      A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
      (chess) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
      A park in Manhattan, New York City.
      (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
      (archaic) Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.
      Roots
      battrebatter- · Old French · to beat, strike-erie-y · French · forming collective noun-es-es · English · plural
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