batteries
BAT-uh-reez/ˈbæt(ə)ɹiz/
- 1Plural of battery.
Most flashlights run on two small batteries.
The store sells rechargeable batteries in several different sizes.
Note
A regular plural, with the final -y turning to -ies. It serves every countable meaning of the singular: the cells in a flashlight, groups of artillery guns, even separate acts of unlawful violence in law. The one use it does not carry is the informal sense of stored charge, which stays uncountable. A phone is low on battery, not low on batteries.
batteries is a form of battery
battery, noun: A device that powers electric equipment, made up of one or more connected electrochemical cells. Full entry
- Forms
- batterybatteries plural
- Spelling
- battery → batteries: change y to i, add -es
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