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- bat hayil/bæt haɪˈiːl/A military or civic award in Israel for exemplary service or heroism; literally translated as 'medal of valor'.nounVery Low (C2/Proficiency)
- bat mitzvah/ˌbæt ˈmɪts.və/A Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for a girl, typically at age 12 or 13, marking her assumption of religious and ethical responsibilities under Jewish law.adjectivenounverb-transitiveLow-frequency outside Jewish communities; Medium-high within Jewish cultural contexts.
- bat printing/ˈbæt ˌprɪntɪŋ/A historic textile printing technique where the dye is applied to fabric using a carved wooden block, often shaped like a paddle or 'bat'.nounVery Low
- bat ray/ˈbæt ˌreɪ/A type of ray (fish) with a broad, wing-like body and a head resembling a bat's face.nounRare
- bat turn/ˌbæt ˈtɜːn/A manoeuvre performed on a motorcycle or bicycle where the rider executes an extremely tight, low-speed turn, typically for display, competition, or tight-space navigation.nounC2
- bat yam/ˌbæt ˈjæm/A city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, located just south of Tel Aviv.nounVery Low
- bataan/bəˈtɑːn/A peninsula in the Philippines, famous for a major World War II battle.nounC1
- bataisk/ˈbætɪk/A fabric-dyeing technique using wax to create resist patterns.nounC1
- batak/ˈbætæk/An ethnic group indigenous to North Sumatra, Indonesia, and their Austronesian language.adjectivenounVery Low (C2/Proper Noun/Specialist)
- batan islands/ˌbæt.ən ˈaɪ.ləndz/A volcanic archipelago in the Philippines, located between Luzon and Taiwan.plural-nounVery Low
- batangas/bəˈtæŋ.ɡəs/A province in the Philippines, located in the Calabarzon region of Luzon island.nounC1
- batard/ˈbɑː.stəd/A person born of parents not married to each other; an illegitimate child.nounC2
- batata/bəˈtɑːtə/A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).nounLow (Regional/Dialectal)
- batavia/bəˈteɪvɪə/The historical name for the Dutch colonial settlement that later became Jakarta, Indonesia; also a name for the region in the Netherlands where the Batavi tribe lived.nounLow
- batavian/bəˈteɪ.vi.ən/Relating to the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, or to the historical region of Batavia (now the Netherlands, particularly Holland).adjectivenounLow/C2
- batch/bætʃ/A quantity of items (objects, people, data) produced, processed, or handled together at one time.nounverbverb-transitiveB2
- batch plant/ˈbætʃ plɑːnt/A stationary industrial facility used to mix various ingredients (aggregates, cement, water, admixtures) to produce concrete in fixed quantities called 'batches'.nounC2
- batch processing/ˈbætʃ ˌprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/A method of processing data or performing tasks where a collection (batch) of items is gathered and then processed all at once, without requiring individual user interaction during the operation.nounC1
- bate/beɪt/to moderate, reduce, or restrain something, especially intensity, force, or emotion.verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveLow (outside of fixed phrase 'with bated breath')
- bateau/ˈbætəʊ/A light, flat-bottomed boat, often with a pointed prow and stern, typically used on rivers and lakes.nounLow
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