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batten

/ˈbat(ə)n/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbat(ə)n/
batten
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

bat - ten -> batten

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဇလီ။ သင်္ဘော မာလကာပေါက် အဖုံးပိတ် သည့် ကန့်လန့်ကျင်။ (v) ဇလီသတ်သည်။

Full entry

batten1 /'bætn/ n

၁။ ဇလီ။
၂။ သင်္ဘော မာလကာပေါက် အဖုံးပိတ် သည့် ကန့်လန့်ကျင်။
v ~ sth (down) (esp on a ship) ဇလီသတ်သည်။ batten down the hatches (eg when a storm is expected).

batten2 /'bætn/ v

❏ batten on sb [PHRV ] (esp derog )
သူတစ်ပါးလုပ်စာ ထိုင်စားသည်။
Instead of getting a job, she battened on her rich relatives.

More examples
  • The ship had battened down, ready for the storm.
  • The plastic sheeting can be used to cover a roof but it has to be securely battened down.
  • With interest rates set to rise, it’s time to batten down our budgets.
Synonyms
strip of wood, board, slat, plank, bar, block, panel, batten down, board up, bollard, burgeon, chock, clamp down, cleat, close, cover up, crossbar, crosspiece, fasten, fasten securely, feed on, fix, grow, grow fat, lock up, nail down, prosper, secure, thrive, tie, tighten, wax
Antonyms
decline, fail, let go, loose, loosen, lose, open, shrink, unfasten, unfix, untie
Cross references
strip of woodboardslatplankbarblockpanelbatten downboard upbollardburgeonchockclamp downcleatclosecover upcrossbarcrosspiecefastenfasten securelyfeed onfixgrowgrow fatlock upnail downprospersecure
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