Batter vs. Embankment

Batterverb

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

Batterverb

(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

Batterverb

(figurative) To defeat soundly; to thrash.

Batterverb

To intoxicate.

Batterverb

(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

Batterverb

(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

Batternoun

(cooking) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying

Batternoun

A binge, a heavy drinking session.

Batternoun

A paste of clay or loam.

Batternoun

(printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Batternoun

An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

Batternoun

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

Batternoun

The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat; a batsman.

Batterverb

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

Batterverb

To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.

Batterverb

To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

Batterverb

To slope gently backward.

Batternoun

A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

Batternoun

Paste of clay or loam.

Batternoun

A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.

Batternoun

A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Batternoun

The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.

Batternoun

(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

Batternoun

a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon

Batterverb

strike against forcefully;

Batterverb

strike violently and repeatedly;

Batterverb

make a dent or impression in;

Embankmentnoun

a long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or store water, for protection from weather or enemies, or to support a road or railway.

Embankmentnoun

The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

Embankmentnoun

A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Embankmentnoun

a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection