batter
A beaten mixture of flour and liquid, used for baking or to coat food prior to fryingA beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
» The firemen battered down the door.
Die Feuerwehrmänner schlugen die Tür ein.
Пожарные вышибли дверь.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.
Backteig, Ausbackteig, Teig
те́стоtésto, клярkljar
ті́стоtísto
a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
(countable, slang)A binge; a heavy drinking session.
When he went on a batter, he became very violent.
Gelage, Trinkgelage, Saufgelage
запо́йzapój
(countable, uncountable)A paste of clay or loam.
(countable)A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
An incline on the outer face of a built wall.
Neigung, Böschung, Anlauf
The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.
The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.
Batter
бэ́ттерbɛ́tter, бью́щийbʹjúščij
A player of the batting side now on the field.
The player now receiving strike; the striker.
Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
Examples
74 sentencesThe firemen battered down the door.
ruПожарные вышибли дверь.
deDie Feuerwehrmänner schlugen die Tür ein.
He is a very good batter.
deEr ist ein sehr guter Schläger.
Tom is a very good batter.
deTom ist ein sehr guter Schläger.
Tom is a pretty good batter.
Tom is a left-handed batter.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batreFrom Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture.
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Forms
plural: battersSynonyms
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15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable