Battery - Definition
battery
n 1: group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one
place
2: a device that produces electricity; may have several primary
or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series [syn:
battery, electric battery]
3: a collection of related things intended for use together;
"took a battery of achievement tests"
4: a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
5: a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
[syn: battery, stamp battery]
6: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of
the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours
without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery,
bombardment, shelling]
7: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
[syn: battery, assault and battery]