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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dry battery¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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