batch

(noun) all the loaves of bread baked at the same time.

(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. Examples: "A batch of letters." "A deal of trouble." "A lot of money." "He made a mint on the stock market." "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos." "It must have cost plenty." "A slew of journalists." "A wad of money."

(noun) a collection of things or persons to be handled together. Synonyms: clutch.

(verb) batch together; assemble or process as a batch.