batch
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
Example
“We made a batch of cookies to take to the party.”
Other meanings
A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
“We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom.”
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "bach".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “batch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.