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US
/ˈbætən/
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[ UK /bˈætən/ ]
[ UK /bˈætən/ ]
NOUN
- a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
- stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
VERB
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furnish with battens
batten ships -
secure with battens
batten down a ship's hatches
How To Use batten In A Sentence
- Batten SJ (1984) Genesis of B lymphocytes in the bone marrow: extravascular and intravascular localization of surface IgM-bearing cells in mouse bone marrow detected by electron-microscope radioautography after in vivo perfusion of 125I anti-IgM antibody. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Batten SJ (1984) Genesis of B lymphocytes in the bone marrow: extravascular and intravascular localization of surface IgM-bearing cells in mouse bone marrow detected by electron-microscope radioautography after in vivo perfusion of 125I anti-IgM antibody. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Using the hook like a weaver's batten, he secured the heaving line under the two-inch rope that ran the length of the deck. LET NOT THE DEEP
- No purchasing of luxuries for us, we are battening down the hatches and it's all "great depression" talk around here. Single gal seeks stimulation
- One ingredient found in almost all tablet or capsule containers is a desiccant - cotton batten or a small canister containing a harmless, water-absorbing compound.
- We wedged the sides in the casements and, while Graham was outside applying more nails and battens to make it weather-tight, I fetched old towels to mop up the water on the window seat and on the floor beneath.
- The British government's policies are locked in the same impotent stasis as the rest of the world's – battening down the hatches, cutting public spending and borrowing, and refusing to accept realities. Observer editorial: Our leaders need to seize control of the crisis
- I don't want to say anything that will make you cry, so batten down the hatches and wait for my ship to come back. WEB OF DREAMS
- Across the batten hung a pulley and over the pulley was a rope. Vintage Murder
- Veniziani allora 1 'empito del nemico, per numero di navi e di combattenti superiore, e durò il conflitto atroce per molte ore. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)