battery: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with B · ends with Y
Meaning of battery
noun
- countable
A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
Example: alkaline battery
- countable, uncountable
A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells. Such a device that has multiple cells.
Example: Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
- informal, metonymically, uncountable
The energy stored in such a device.
Example: Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
- countable, uncountable
The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
Listed forms: batteries.
Source: Wiktionary — battery.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for battery.
noun
a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
- electric battery
noun
a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
- stamp battery
noun
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
- barrage
- barrage fire
- bombardment
- shelling
noun
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
- assault and battery
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is battery in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of battery
B(3) + A(1) + T(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + Y(4) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of battery
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from battery
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