Similar words: batten down, batter, battery, battered, batteries, attend, patten, flatten. Meaning: ['bætn] 
n. 1. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber 2. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm. v. 1. furnish with battens 2. secure with battens.
n. 1. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber 2. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm. v. 1. furnish with battens 2. secure with battens. 
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1. There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.
2. They managed to batten down the shutters and doors before the hurricane hit.
3. The tornado is coming, so we had better batten down the hatches here and get to the cellar.
4. Such societies or covens batten on their own secrecy.
5. Stracey and Batten are now successful nightclub singers.
6. I nailed the batten back on top.
7. She could do nothing but batten down the conversational hatches and wait until the storm blew itself out.
8. I prized a batten off the wall behind my bed.
9. Dual batten system A way of saying that the sail can use full or half length battens.
10. Optional: Neatly cover the batten by wrapping fabric round, folding in the ends and holding in place with steel tacks.
11. After this, evidence about Anne Batten Cristall's life is very sparse.
12. It will be necessary to batten the ceiling to take the new boards.
13. The detachable batten is, of course, the norm for the Tabel school.
14. A dual batten option is commonplace, enabling the sail to be set soft if desired.
15. Fix the batten in place with angle brackets, then attach the blind with touch-and-close fastener.
16. Cover the batten and attach the opposite side of touch-and-close fastener[sentencedict.com], as Method 1.
17. The rich batten on the poor.
18. Capitalists batten on the surplus value created by workers.
19. Anesthesia in a child with Batten disease.
20. It is not fair to batten on one's relatives.
21. Introduced to cannot exhibit B - batten curved surface extends square law mediumly in shoe design system.
22. Use square batten and across of round batten freely to build form combination to wear.
23. The crew had been mustered to batten down the hatches.
24. A natural tendency in times of recession is to batten down the hatches and think about our own needs.
25. When you're coming down with flu all you can do is batten down the hatches and wait for it to pass.
26. And as an aid to drilling, make a simple template from a length of batten.
27. Lay one of the long strips of cardboard over this join and staple through card and fabric on to the batten.
28. Compared with forming result fit and unfit quality of the batten blank under the condition which the single,[sentence dictionary] the double drive roll load.
29. To reduce the lathe - bed and assure its stiffness requirement, a batten wall pore structure is designed.
30. The hilly areas make good sheep pasture; sheep will batten on the lush grass.
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