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Definitions: Batten |
BattenNoun1. A strip fixed to something to hold it firm. Verb1. Furnish with battens; of ships. 2. Secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "batten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building | Small thin strips covering joints between wider boards on exterior building surfaces. (references) |
Fine Arts | A narrow strip of wood used to make or reinforce the frame of a flat. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A pipe batten supporting a row of lights in a metal trough. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Long, narrow, thin strip of wood or metal used for different purposes, particularly for securing hatch tarpaulins. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A square-sawn timber with thickness and width not less than 70 mm but less than 200 mm. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A timber with maximum thickness 50 mm and maximum width 63 mm. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Collective parts of a loom which. . . makes weaving possible. . . It. . includes reed, reed cap, raceplate, shuttles, shuttles boxes, picker sticks, lug straps, cams. . . batten; beater; lathe ENBRI 70 23-354 . . Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A strip of wood used for nailing across two other pieces (as to hold them together or to cover a crack) b. A piece of square-sawn converted timber, between 2 in and 4 in (5.1 and 10.2 cm) in thickness and from 5 to 8 in (12.7 to 20.3 cm) in width. Used for flooring or as a support for laths c. A bar fastened across a door, or anything composed of parallel boardsto secure them and to add strength and/or reduce warping. (references) |
Public Administration | A wood strip applied over boards or roof structural members; used as a base for the attachments of slate, woord, or claytile shingles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | Thin, rigid strips that fit into pockets along the after edge of a sail; battens help to hold the shape of a sail. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Wood or metal strip used in interlinked pairs as ground control lock. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BattenSynonyms: batten down (v), secure (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: lay-by (industry, mechanical engineering). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse; (make merry); eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Batten |
| English words defined with "batten": Batten door, batten down, Battened, Battening, Batton ♦ Heddle ♦ Sheer batten ♦ To batten down, To batten down the hatches. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "batten": Battels, Batten card, Batten cards, border light, BOX MAKER ♦ electric batten, end operator, END STAPLER ♦ Ferraris truss, first pipe ♦ hatch batten ♦ strip light ♦ tableau curtain, tabs. (references) |
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Screenplays | Batten, see what that was. (Darkness Falls; writing credit: John Fasano) Batten down the hatches. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles) | |
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Health | These tests can detect abnormalities that may indicate Batten disease. (references) | |
Eventually, children with Batten disease become blind, bedridden, and demented. (references) | ||
These deposits are what doctors look for when they examine a skin sample to diagnose Batten disease. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Batten" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.62% of the time. "Batten" is used about 129 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) | 80.62% | 104 | 31,955 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 10.85% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.65% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.88% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 129 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "batten" 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 |
| Batten | Last name | 3,000 | 3,759 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "batten": Batten card ♦ Batten cards ♦ Batten door ♦ batten down ♦ batten down the hatches ♦ batten on ♦ batten on others ♦ batten on smb. ♦ batten on the state ♦ batten onto ♦ electric batten ♦ hatch batten ♦ sheer batten ♦ To batten down ♦ To batten down the hatches. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "batten": Batten-Mayou. | |
| 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 |
batten disease | 89 |
batten | 50 |
jennifer batten | 31 |
board batten | 26 |
cyia batten | 20 |
batten jean | 16 |
shawn batten | 11 |
batten board siding vinyl | 9 |
sail batten | 9 |
batten bill | 7 |
batten system | 5 |
batten dan | 4 |
batten board reverse | 4 |
batten performance | 4 |
batten head | 3 |
batten syndrome | 3 |
david batten | 3 |
batten board cedar siding | 3 |
batten karen lee | 3 |
batten stretcher | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "batten"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | binar (beam, crossbeam, Fid, scantling), zhdëpem, vë petavra, shtroj me fluga, petavër, majmem, dërrasë parketi, dërrasë (board, bred, plank, planking, shingle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فرش بشرائج, حيي بترف, سمن (fatten, flesh, gain weight, plumb out, plump, portliness, stuff, surfeit, thicken), عارضة خشبية (baulk, girder, springer, timber), الشريحة (slice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | серия от лампи, тлъстея, летва (lath, slat), дъска за дюшеме. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 条板. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prkno (board, plank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bræt (board, panel, plank, shelf, stave), tagbræt, strø (dump, hatch batten, joist, pour, pour out, scatter), stabiliserende underlag, stødplade (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate), slagliste, skalkningsliste (hatch batten), ribbe (batten plate, channel, distortion of the mesh, feather, fin, gill, rasp, rib, shaving board, shim, stall bar, stay plate, strengthening rib, tie plate, veins, wall-bar, web), planke (beam, deal, panel, plank, stave, stud), liste (crest, fillet, linked list, list, moulding, pencil slat, slat), lamel (baffle, louvre, slat, slats), laegte (lath), lægte (plank, post, stake, strip), heltoemmer (spar, square), afstivningsplade (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | trek (appetite, barrel, catch, draft, drag, draught, draw, drawing qualities, drilling string, feature, fly-bar, haul, haul of a net, hayl, puft, pull, stand, trait, trip, wind, winding cycle, winding operation), tengel, stuurvlakschaar, stabilisatievlak (stabilizer), schalklat (hatch batten), panlat (lath), maalstaven, latten (slats), latjes (slats), lat (lath, local area transport, longitudinal slat, plank, slat), koppelplaat (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate), hechtlat, glijbalk, aanloper (spar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پروارکردن , چاق شدن (Blubber, Plump), نشوونماکردن , حاصل خیزشدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rima (bar, lath). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | barre de serrage (hatch batten), barres de broyage, barrettes, battant (bat), battant de bois (bat), perche (barrel, bass), étrésillon (batten plate), chevron, herse (electric batten), latte (hatch batten), éclisse, liteau, volige, porteuse (pipe batten), se gaver, se gorger, semelle stabilisatrice, s'engraisser, tasseau, traverse, traverse de liaison (batten plate), traverses, tringle (bar, knife back), latte de vaigrage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | latte (bar, flight, lath, longitudinal slat, paddle, scraper, slat, straight edge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βέργα ασφάλισης μουσαμάδων καλυμμάτων των κυτών (hatch batten), τραβέρσες (slats), αναστολέας πηδαλίου, ασφάλιστρο πηδαλίου στο έδαφος, αρμογοκάλυμμα, λεπτοσανίδα, εγκάρσιοι δοκοί (cross beams, slats), παχαίνω (fatten), πλουτίζω σε βάροσ άλλου, πήχη (cover plate, fishplate, lath), πήχησ (cubit, forearm), δοκάρι στέγης (spar), καδρόνι στέγης (rafter, spar), σταθεροποιητικό πέλμα, στερεώνω (cement, consolidate, fasten, fix, set, to belay, to build-in, to fasten, to fix, to frap, to lash, to restrain, to seize, to tie up), σανίδα (board, deal, plank), σανίδα οροφήσ, σανίδα πατώματοσ, σανιδώνω (board, board up, lath), έλασμα συνδέσεως (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate), ράβδος (bar, barrel, girder, hatch batten, knife back, link, member, rod, slat, toroidal vacuum chamber, toroidal vessel, torus, transom, walking-stick), ράβδοι θραυστήρα, κτένι αργαλείου, πηχάκι (fillet, lath, pencil slat, slat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tartóléc, szegélyléc (frieze, gunwale, skirting, washboard), rögzítőléc (cleat), palló (footbridge, plank), padlódeszka (floorboard, floor-board), pánt (band, bar, brace, strap), léc (lath, slat, spacer, splint, stave, stretcher), keresztléc (slat), keresztdeszka, hézagtakaró léc, hézagtakaró deszka, bordaláda (lathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | papan kecil, menjadi gemuk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | base di stabilizzazione, barre (bars and rods), barra di boccaporto (hatch batten), traverse (rails, slats), traversa in legno, stecca (busk, carton, cue, false note, fishplate, rib, rod, slat, splint, stick), seretta (hatch batten), sbarra delle centine (a narrow strip of wood used...to stiffen a drop.., barrel, fly-bar), rivestimento in legno (wainscoting), rinforzare con assicelle, listello (crosser, fillet, groin, lath, piling stick, piling strip, pin, slat, stacking strip, sticker, strip), latta (hatch batten, sheet, sheet iron, sheet metal, sheet plate, steel plate, steel sheet, tin, tin foil, tin plate), ingrassare (fatten, goos, grease, lubricate, make fat, put on weight, smear), calastrello (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate), assicella di legno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 편. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sparrey (bar, jemmey, spar), deal (plank), cur slatten er, cur claareyn er, claare (bar counter, board, platter, play bill, programme, stave, table, table list). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attenbay ripa (hatch batten, lath, screed, shingle, slat). (various references) se îngrãşa (fatten, flesh, get fat, grow fat, plump, put on flesh, put on weight, wax fat), se îndopa (gobble), scândurã (board), mânca lacom (devour, gut, guttle, wolf), fixa cu scânduri, îngrãşa (cram, fatten, fertilize, manure, plump). (various references) рейка (lath, spline), батан, половая доска, планка (crossbar, flitch, lath, planch, plank, slat, strap, strip). (various references) učvrstiti letvama, letva (lath), lajsna. (various references) listón (cleat, fillet, lath, longitudinal slat, moulding, ribbon, slat, strip). (various references) bindplåt (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate), tvärförbindning (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate), sparre (chevron, spar), sko sig på ngn, läkt (dunnage, lath), avstyvningsplåt (batten plate, stay plate, tie plate). (various references) tirizlerle sağlamlaştırmak, tiriz (lath, mullion, slat), takoz (chock, chump, dowel, nog, scotch, skid, sprag, wedge), tahta parçası, tıkınmak (bolt, cram, engorge, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, ingurgitate, put away, shift, stodge, stuff, stuff oneself, tuck in), semirmek (fatten, grow fat), sağlama almak (assure, ensure, entrench, insure, intrench, make sure, play it safe, secure, skid, underwrite), sırtından geçinmek (sponge on, sponge on smb.), şişmanlamak (fatten, gain in weight, gain weight, grow fat, put on flesh, put on weight, round out, wax fat). (various references) удобрювати землю, скріпляти рейками, рейка (cleat, lath, rail, spline), мостини, забивати дошками (board), задраювати (close), жиріти (fatten), жити в розкошах і неробстві, поліпшувати (ameliorate, amend, better, cultivate, enrich, improve, meliorate, mend), планка (cleat, lath, ledge, splint, splinter, stave, strip), дранка (clapboard, crate, lathering), дошки для підлоги. (various references) s n. (various references) ymfrasa/u, ymbesgi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "batten": battened, battener, batteners, battening, battens. (additional references) | |
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"Batten" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abattant, atten, attent, badden, baiten, banteng, batan, baten, bateo, batep, batey, batian, Batin, Battant, batte, Battek, Battel, Battenbo, batteo, Battey, batton, battu, beten, bettem, betton, bieten, biteen, biten, bitnet, bittan, bittin, blaten, Blattel, butten, Gattegno, hatten, satten, tatten. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "batten" (pronounced ba"tun) |
| 4 | -a" t u n | craton, fatten, flatten, Manhattan, Patten, platen, satin. |
| 3 | -t u n | actin, badminton, beaten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, certain, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, eaten, enlighten, exoskeleton, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, Seton, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, sweeten, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbeaten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, wheaten, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: betta. | |
-2 letters: abet, ante, bane, bate, batt, bean, beat, bent, beta, etna, nabe, neat, nett, tate, teat, tent. | |
-3 letters: ane, ant, ate, att, ban, bat, ben, bet, eat, eta, nab, nae, neb, net, tab, tae, tan, tat, tea, ten, tet. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, an, at, ba, be, en, et, na, ne, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: battens. | |
+2 letters: abetment, abetting, abutment, battened, battener, betatron, debutant, intubate, nettable. | |
+3 letters: abatement, abetments, abstinent, abutments, banquette, battement, batteners, battening, battering, battiness, betatrons, blastment, debutante, debutants, intubated, intubates, obstinate, stoneboat, subtenant, tableting, tribunate, turbinate, turntable. | |
+4 letters: abatements, abstention, attainable, backbitten, bannerette, banquettes, bassetting, battements, battlement, bayonetted, blanquette, blastments, blattering, brattiness, debatement, debutantes, embattling, exorbitant, extubating, hebetating, hebetation, intuitable, obtainment, patentable, stoneboats, subtenants, tabletting, tenability, tenantable, trabeation, tribunates, turbinated, turbinates, turntables, unstablest, untestable. | |
+5 letters: abstentions, abstentious, abstinently, antiobesity, arbitrament, bannerettes, battinesses, battlefront, battlements, battlewagon, bayonetting, betattering, blanquettes, botheration, contestable, debatements, detonatable, entablature, ethnobotany, geobotanist, hebetations, intertribal, intractable, obstinately, obtainments, outbleating, outdebating, protuberant, rattlebrain, rentability, snakebitten, stenobathic, substantive, trabeations, unutterable, unutterably. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 74 74 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- - - . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a t t e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0074 0074 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)366786867180 |
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