| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bat·ter |
| PRONUNCIATION: | b t r |
| NOUN: | A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Origin unknown.
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