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dry battery

noun

, Electricity.
  1. a dry cell or a voltaic battery consisting of a number of dry cells.


dry battery

noun

  1. an electric battery consisting of two or more dry cells
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dry battery1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

If all these alternatives are lacking there is the electric flash lamp working with the dry battery.

It was the same kind, made with the same storage dry battery, that ran his train and lighted the Teddy bear's eyes.

The Gassner dry battery polarizes much less quickly than the ordinary Leclanch.

A dry battery will do, but if you use the sounder much, an open-circuit battery will soon use itself up.

If you wish to use the buzzer simply to call some one occasionally, a dry battery or Leclanché cell is best.

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