Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc.

    вати́нvatín

    stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber

  2. (countable, uncountable)Special cotton for surgery.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of someone who bats.

    the battings of her eyelashes

  4. (countable, uncountable)The action of using a bat.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
material used to stuff:

Origin

From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”). From bat + -ing (“action”).

From bat + -ing, batt + -ing (“material, collection”).

From bat + -ing (“action”).

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Forms

plural: battings
Singularbatting
Pluralbattings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber:batten

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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