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.

Synonyms: group, lot, lot, pressing, run, recipe

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.”