battery

noun15

1. •
   a small object that stores power and gives it to things such as phones and cars

   • His flashlight takes two AA batteries.
   • His car takes a 550-CCA lead-acid battery.
2. •
   Such a device that has multiple cells.

   • Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
3. •
   (informal) The energy stored in such a device.

   • Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
   • A: How much battery do you have left? B: Only 63%.
4. •
   The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.

   • He offered three types of battery for which Mr. Trump might be liable under New York law: rape, sexual abuse and forcible touching. — 2023
5. •
   An array of similar things.

   • Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
6. •
   A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.

   • ‘Do you know how battery chickens live?’ — 2000
7. •
   A group of barracuda.
8. •
   A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.

   • Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.
9. •
   Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization.

   • They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
10. •
    The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.

    • In this circumstance, you will have to rack the slide to get back in battery.
11. •
    A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
12. •
    The catcher and the pitcher together
13. •
    Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
14. •
    (no longer used, historical) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.

    • such forts being so contrived as to have two or three batteries, one higher than the other, furnished with many cannon. — 1780
15. •
    (no longer used) Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.