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Date "BATT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
"BATT" is a common misspelling or typo for: bait, bat, bate, bath, bats, batty, bet, bit, but, butt. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building | Insulation in the form of a blanket, rather than loose filling. (references) |
Industry | An American term used to denote superimposed carded webs of fibre in sheet form, e. g. , wadding. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Small portable platform on which products may be handled, dried, stored or transported within the factory. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | A fired slab of refractory material, generally of thin section, used in the firing of ceramic products. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BATT | German | Bundesamt für Transporttruppen | Public Administration, Military & Defense |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Title |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | 9th Mass. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Batt and Bates addressing machines. Man and woman working in office. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "BATT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.21% of the time. "BATT" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 84.21% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (proper) | 10.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BATT" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Batt | Last name | 1,000 | 10,263 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BATT": Crompton-batt, pushed-batt, sliding-batt. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
batt | 38 |
batt insulation | 16 |
mike batt | 10 |
batt lap | 9 |
al batt | 7 |
batt dyna | 5 |
cell batt | 4 |
batt fiberglass insulation | 4 |
batt cell phone | 4 |
bryan batt | 3 |
batt cables | 3 |
batt masterson | 2 |
paul batt buick | 2 |
sharon batt | 2 |
batt cave.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BATT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | vattering (batting, wadding), vat (cotton-wool, wadding), sættestøtte (setter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wattenvulling (batting), wattenlaag (batting, web of carded fibres), ovenpilaar (setter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | plateau (basal plate, basket, bass, bat), plaque (badge), pilier d'enfournement, napppe (batting), galette (bat), formation de nappe (batting), dalle mince (bat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Brennstuetze (setter), Besatzplatte (setter), Wattierung (lining, padding, quilting, wadding), Watte (absorbent cotton, cotton, cotton swab, cotton wool, cotton-wool, padding, wadding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | βάττα (padding), πλάκα στήριξης κεραμικής μάζας κατά το ψήσιμο (setter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | supporto (backup, bracket, carrier, holder, strut, support), ovatta (cotton wool, padding, wadding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attbay bloco de suporte (setter), manta (blanket). (various references) soporte (backing, backstay, bearer, bearing, bracket, calipers, callipers, holder, mounting, pillar, rest, shell, support, supporter, tee, wearer), colchón de fibras (batting), aguata (batting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BATT": battailous, battalia, battalias, battalion, battalions, batteau, batteaux, batted, battement, battements, batten, battened, battener, batteners, battening, battens, batter, battered, batterie, batteries, battering, batters, battery, battier, battiest, battik, battiks, battiness, battinesses, batting, battings, battle, battled, battlefield, battlefields, battlefront, battlefronts, battleground, battlegrounds, battlement, battlemented, battlements, battler, battlers, battles, battleship, battleships, battlewagon, battlewagons, battling, batts. (additional references) | |
Words containing "BATT": abattis, abattises, abattoir, abattoirs, combatted, combatting, embattle, embattled, embattlement, embattlements, embattles, embattling, prebattle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BATT" (pronounced ba"t) |
| 3 | b a" t | bat. |
| 2 | -a" t | at, begat, brat, cat, chat, fat, flat, Gat, gnat, hat, Kat, mat, Matt, matte, nonfat, Pat, rat, sat, scat, slat, spat, splat, stat, Tat, that, vat. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-t-t" | |
-1 letter: att, bat, tab, tat. | |
-2 letters: ab, at, ba, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-t-t" | |
+1 letter: batts, battu, batty, betta. | |
+2 letters: abwatt, batted, batten, batter, battik, battle, battue, bettas, bratty, tablet, tubate. | |
+3 letters: abattis, abettal, abetted, abetter, abettor, abuttal, abutted, abutter, abwatts, attaboy, babbitt, baptist, bathmat, bathtub, batiste, batteau, battens, batters, battery, battier, battiks, batting, battled, battler, battles, battues, beretta, biretta, bistate, blatant, blatted, blatter, brattle, buttals, catboat, habitat, tabaret, tabetic, tablets, taboret, totable, towboat, tubaist, tugboat. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 54 54 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- - - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01010100 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A T T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 0054 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36355454 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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