Bat Definition–noun | 1. | Sports. | a. | the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. |
| b. | a racket, esp. one used in badminton or table tennis. |
| c. | a whip used by a jockey. |
| d. | the act of using a club or racket in a game. |
| e. | the right or turn to use a club or racket. |
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| 2. | a heavy stick, club, or cudgel. |
| 3. | Informal. a blow, as with a bat. |
| 4. | any fragment of brick or hardened clay. |
| 5. | Masonry. a brick cut transversely so as to leave one end whole. |
| 6. | British Slang. speed; rate of motion or progress, esp. the pace of the stroke or step of a race. |
| 7. | Slang. a spree; binge: to go on a bat. |
| 8. | Ceramics. | a. | a sheet of gelatin or glue used in bat printing. <
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| c. | a ledge or shelf in a kiln. |
| d. | a slab of plaster for holding a piece being modeled or for absorbing excess water from slip. |
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–verb (used with object) | 10. | to strike or hit with or as if with a bat or club. |
| 11. | Baseball. to have a batting average of; hit: He batted .325 in spring training. |
–verb (used without object) | 12. | Sports. | a. | to strike at the ball with the bat. |
| b. | to take one's turn as a batter. |
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—Verb phrases| 14. | bat around,
| b. | Informal. to discuss or ponder; debate: We batted the idea around. |
| c. | Baseball. to have every player in the lineup take a turn at bat during a single inning. |
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| 15. | bat in, Baseball. to cause (a run) to be scored by getting a hit: He batted in two runs with a double to left. |
| 16. | bat out, to do, write, produce, etc., hurriedly: I have to bat out a term paper before class. |
—Idioms| 17. | at bat, Baseball. | a. | taking one's turn to bat in a game: at bat with two men in scoring position. |
| b. | an instance at bat officially charged to a batter except when the batter is hit by a pitch, receives a base on balls, is interfered with by the catcher, or makes a sacrifice hit or sacrifice fly: two hits in three at bats. |
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| 18. | bat the breeze. breeze1 (def. 11). |
| 19. | go to bat for, Informal. to intercede for; vouch for; defend: to go to bat for a friend. |
| 20. | right off the bat, Informal. at once; without delay: They asked me to sing right off the bat. |
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House Definition–noun | 1. | a building in which people live; residence for human beings. |
| 3. | (often initial capital letter ) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg. |
| 4. | a building
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| 5. | a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house. |
| 6. | the audience of a theater or the like. |
| 7. | a place of shel
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| 8. | the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets. |
| 9. | (initial capital letter) the body itself, esp. of a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives. |
| 10. | a quorum of such a body. |
| 11. | (often initial capital letter) a commercial establishment; business firm: the House of Rothschild; a publishing house. |
| 13. | the management of a commercial establishment or of a gambling casino: rules of the house. |
| 14. | an advisory or deliberative group, esp. in church or college affairs. |
| 15. | a college in an English-type university. |
| 16. | a residential hall in a college or school; dormitory. |
| 17. | the members or residents of any such residential hall. |
| 18. | Informal. a brothel; whorehouse. |
| 19. | British. a variety of lotto
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| 20. | Also called parish. Curling. the area enclosed by a circle 12 or 14 ft. (3.7 or 4.2 m) in diameter at each end of the rink, having the tee in the center. |
| 21. | Nautical. any enclosed shelter above the weather deck of a vessel: bridge house; deck house. |
| 22. | Astrology. one of the 12 divisions of the celestial sphere, numbered counterclockwise from the point of the eastern horizon. |
–verb (used with object) | 23. | to put or receive into a house, dwelling, or living quarters: More than 200 students were housed in the dormitory. |
| 24. | to give shelter to; harbor; lodge: to house flood victims in schools. |
| 25. | to provide with a place to work, study, or the like: This building houses our executive staff. |
| 26. | to provide storage space for; be a receptacle for or repository of: The library houses 600,000 books. |
| 27. | to remove from exposure; put in a safe place. |
| 28. | Nautical.
| b. | to lower (an upper mast) and make secure, as alongside the lower mast. |
| c. | to heave (an anchor) home. |
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| 29. | Carpentry. | a. | to fit the end or edge of (a board or the like) into a notch, hole, or groove. |
| b. | to form (a joint) between two pieces of wood by fitting the end or edge of one into a dado of the other. |
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–verb (used without object) | 30. | to take shelter; dwell. |
–adjective | 31. | of, pertaining to, or noting a house. |
| 32. | for or suitable for a house: house paint. |
| 33. | of or being a product made by or for a specific retailer and often sold under the store's own label: You'll save money on the radio if you buy the house brand. |
| 34. | served by a restaurant as its customary brand: the house wine. |
—Idioms| 35. | bring down the house, to call forth vigorous applause from an audience; be highly successful: The children's performances brought down the house. |
| 36. | clean house. clean (def. 48). |
| 37. | dress the house, Theater. | a. | to fill a theater with many people admitted on free passes; paper the house. |
| b. | to arrange or space the seating of patrons in such a way as to make an audience appear larger or a theater or nightclub more crowded than it actually is. |
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| 38. | keep house, to maintain a home; manage a household. |
| 39. | like a house on fire or afire, very quickly; with energy or enthusiasm: The new product took off like a house on fire. |
| 40. | on the house, as a gift from the management; free: Tonight the drinks are on the house. |
| 41. | put or set one's house in order, | a. | to settle one's affairs. |
| b. | to improve one's behavior or correct one's faults: It is easy to criticize others, but it would be better to put one's own house in order first. |
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