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Noun battery has 7 senses

battery - group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
--₁ is a kind of artillery, artillery unit
battery, electric battery - a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
--₂ is a kind of electrical device
--₂ has parts: electrode; terminal, pole
--₂ has particulars:
A battery; B battery; C battery; voltaic battery, galvanic battery; voltaic pile, pile, galvanic pile
battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"
--₃ is a kind of collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
--₃ has parts: artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance
--₃ has member: sub-test
battery - a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
--₄ is a kind of team, squad
--₄ is a part of baseball team
battery, stamp battery - a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
--₅ is a kind of stamp mill, stamping mill
--₅ has parts: stamp, pestle
barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling - 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"
--₆ is a kind of fire, firing
battery, assault and battery - an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
--₇ is a kind of assault
--₇ has particulars: resisting arrest