Battery meaning in English

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Definition

a battery: a device that produces electricity to provide power (for example in a camera, a mobile phone) noun

Examples

  • "But flashlights use batteries, and batteries don't last forever."
  • "You're going to waste the batteries."
  • "- a place to recycle old batteries"
Exercise 1
What is being advertised here?
What is being advertised here?
"A sunbed" or "tanning bed" is a bed used for artificial sunbathing. This advertisement is for a new type of "flashlight", which is a small portable light, and not for "a mobile tanning bed".
We don't have the technology to contain a supernova...yet. One day, my friends, one day.
This advertisement is for a "flashlight" which is a small lamp or light powered by batteries and easy to transport. Flashlights have many uses, such as for camping or when the lights stop working because of a problem with the electricity. The flashlight in this advertisement has the special feature of being a "solar powered flashlight" which means that it is "powered by the sun".
This advertisement is for a new type of "flashlight", which is a small portable light. It is true that this "flashlight" uses the sun which is an "alternative energy source". However this is an advertisement for a "flashlight" and not "an alternative energy source".
This advertisement is for a new type of "flashlight", which is a small portable light. Flashlights can use "rechargeable batteries" which are batteries that can be recharged, however this is an advertisement for a "flashlight" and not "a new type of rechargeable battery".

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