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# batter

«batter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a runny mixture of flour, eggs and milk used to make…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (batter, uncountable; a batter, batters); verb (batter, batters, battered, battering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Batter is a runny mixture of flour, eggs and milk used to make pancakes, cakes or to coat fried food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#m1)

2) A batter is the player who tries to hit the ball in baseball, cricket (usually batsman or batter) or rounders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#m2)

3) To batter means to hit hard again and again: waves battered the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons: whisk the batter until smooth; fish in batter (fish and chips). In sports PE: in baseball the batter stands at home plate; in cricket the batter defends the wicket. In stories and news: storms batter the coast. Phrases: pancake batter, cake batter, battered fish.

### examples

- Mix the pancake batter until it is smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x1)
- Pour the batter into the pan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x2)
- The batter hit a home run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x3)
- Huge waves battered the cliffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x4)
- Fish and chips come in crispy batter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x5)
- Do not eat raw cake batter with raw egg in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x6)
- The batter swung and missed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x7)
- The old boat was battered by storms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x8)
- But come, let us get outside before the elephants arrive and batter down the place." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/#x9)

### note

Batter for cooking is uncountable; a batter (player) is countable. Do not confuse with butter (yellow fat from milk) or better (more good). Raw batter with raw eggs or flour can make you ill.

### In the corpora

- [Blueberries hold the same kind of colour substance as red cabbage, so too much baking soda in the batter turns them greenish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/6/)
- [Raw egg and raw flour can carry germs, so cookie dough and cake batter should be baked before eating.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/105-knives-kitchen-tools-and-cooking/16/)
- [In baseball and softball the batter wears a helmet and drops the bat after hitting, never throwing it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/15/)
- [Fielders close to the batter wear a helmet or stand further back, because hard shots hit them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/6/)
- [Jake joins boxing «to get hard, innit», expecting the big lads to batter him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/467-friends-through-games-and-clubs/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «batter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/batter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.