dry battery

dry bat·ter·y

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [drahy bat-uh-ree]
- /draɪ ˈbæt ə ri/
- /draɪ ˈbætri/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [drahy bat-uh-ree]
- /draɪ ˈbæt ə ri/

Definitions of dry battery words

noun dry battery a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells. 1
noun dry battery an electric battery consisting of two or more dry cells 0
noun dry battery an electric battery made up of several connected dry cells 0
noun dry battery a dry cell 0

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Origin of dry battery

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Dry battery

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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dry battery popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for dry battery

noun dry battery

accumulator — a rechargeable device for storing electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, consisting of one or more separate secondary cells
secondary battery — storage battery.
secondary cell — storage cell.
storage cell — a cell whose energy can be renewed by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to that of the flow of current generated by the cell.
storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.

All 5 Synonyms of dry battery