battery

battery
noun
1 for electricity
ADJECTIVE
▪ dead, flat
▪

The car won't start—the battery's flat.

▪ rechargeable
▪ disposable
▪ removable
▪ spare
▪ car, flashlight (AmE), laptop, phone, torch (BrE)
▪ alkaline, lithium
▪ AA, AAA, etc.
▪ 9-volt, 48-volt, etc.
▪ storage (AmE)
VERB + BATTERY
▪ charge, recharge
▪ drain
▪

Don't leave the radio on—it'll drain the car battery.

▪ change, replace
▪ remove
▪ connect, disconnect
▪

Is the battery connected correctly?

▪ be powered by, run on, use, work on
▪

The machine can also run on batteries.

BATTERY + VERB
▪ die, give out (esp. BrE), go dead, run down, run out
▪

After about six hours, the battery will run down.

BATTERY + NOUN
▪ power
▪ life
▪

With our product you get longer battery life.

▪ failure
▪ compartment
▪

The battery compartment is at the back of the unit.

▪ charger, recharger
▪ pack
▪

The lights have rechargeable battery packs.

▪ acid
PHRASES
▪ battery-operated, battery-powered
▪

a small battery-powered car

2 large group of similar things
ADJECTIVE
▪ full, whole
PREPOSITION
▪ battery of
▪

I had to answer a whole battery of questions.

PHRASES
▪ a battery of tests
3 number of large guns
ADJECTIVE
▪ artillery, gun, howitzer (esp. AmE)
▪ anti-aircraft

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