DRY BATTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dry battery mean? 

• DRY BATTERY (noun)
  The noun DRY BATTERY has 1 sense:

1. a voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells

  Familiarity information: DRY BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRY BATTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A voltaic battery consisting of two or more dry cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dry battery" is a kind of...):

galvanic battery; voltaic battery (battery consisting of a number of voltaic cells arranged in series or parallel)

Meronyms (parts of "dry battery"):

dry cell (a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid; the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell; used in flashlights, portable radios, etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dry battery"):

flashlight battery (a small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights)