batter
n. uncountable B1 Intermediate US //ˈbætɝ// UK //bˈætɐ// bat·ter
n. a mixture of flour, liquid, and sometimes eggs that you cook to make bread, pancakes, or cakes.
n. a thick liquid mixture of flour and liquid, used as the base for baked goods or fried foods.
Mix the batter until it is smooth.
She poured the chocolate batter into the lined cake tin.
The chef adjusted the viscosity of the batter by adding a splash of milk to ensure a lighter crumb.
From Middle English batteren, batren, bateren, a frequentative of Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), equivalent to bat + -er (frequentative suffix).
From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”). Doublet of batture.
Unknown.
From bat + -er (agent noun suffix).