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— English words —

• batten v. (Intransitive) To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
• batten v. (Intransitive, figurative) To feed (on); to revel (in).
• batten v. (Intransitive) To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
• batten v. (Intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
• batten v. (Intransitive) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
• batten v. (Transitive) To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
• batten v. (Transitive) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
• batten n. A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
• batten n. (Nautical) A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially…
• batten n. (Theater) In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
• batten n. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
• batten v. To furnish with battens.
• batten v. (Nautical) To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
• Batten prop.n. A surname.

— In Dutch —

• batten w. (Sport) de wicket verdedigen bij cricket.
• batten w. (Sport) met de bat slaan bij cricket.
• batten w. Een lichaamsdeel met kompressen bevochtigen.

91 English words from 14 English definitions

aboard affixed appetite at␣the␣expense␣of bar battens become better cause ceiling closes condition construction craving due due␣to enrich especially etc expense fare fasten fat fatten feed feeding fertilize fibreglass figurative fixing fly fly␣system for furnish gloat gluttonously gratify grow hatch hold home improve in␣condition Intransitive land live live␣in long loom luxury make members metal morbid movable Nautical of␣a oneself others pipe plenteous point prosper provide purposes revel secure ship stagecraft strikes strip structure sumptuously surname system the theater thin threads thrive together to␣the Transitive used using usually various which with wood woof

6 English words from 3 foreign definitions

bat cricket Een met Sport wicket

6 foreign words from 3 foreign definitions

bevochtigen bij kompressen lichaamsdeel slaan verdedigen

28 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

battens Battens battened battener batteners batteneth battening battenberg Battenberg batten␣down battenings battenbergs Battenbergs battenboard Battenfield battens␣down Battenberger battenboards battened␣down Battenfields Battenbergers Batten␣disease battening␣down Battenberg␣cake Battenberg␣cakes Battenberg␣markings batten␣down␣the␣hatches battens␣down␣the␣hatches

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unbattens unbattened unbattening subattenuate subattenuated counterbattens counter␣battens Mountbatten␣pink Mountbatten␣pinks

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unbatten Mountbatten Mount␣Batten counterbatten counter␣batten

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

att at&t AT&T bat BAT bat- Bat- batt Batt Batte ten TEN

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ett ETT Etta net Net NET .NET nett Nett tab Tab TTAB

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Barnett Basnett battens Battens battner Bettany bonetta Bratten tabinet Tibetan

9 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

abnet Banet Baten Batte beant bean't benat betta tante

25 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Banten Barten Batken batmen Batmen batted battel batter Battes Battey Battin batton Batton batzen Betten bitten Botten Butten fatten Gatten Hatten latten patten Patten ratten

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Baten Batte

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Bratten

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