battery noun
1 for electricity
ADJ. dead, flat The car won't start?the battery's flat. | rechargeable | car, torch | alkaline, lithium
VERB + BATTERY charge, recharge | change, replace | connect Is the battery connected correctly? | be powered by, run on, use, work on The machine can also run on batteries.
BATTERY + VERB give out, go dead, run down, run out After about six hours, the battery will run down.
BATTERY + NOUN power | life With our product you get longer battery life. | failure | charger
PHRASES battery-operated, battery-powered a small battery-powered car
2 large group of similar things
ADJ. full, whole
PREP. ~ of I had to answer a whole battery of questions.
PHRASES a battery of tests
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