adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
battered fish (= covered in a mixture of flour and water, and then fried )
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The restaurant is well-known for its battered fish dishes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
wife
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Telling some one you've been a battered wife is a bit like telling them you've been raped.
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It was not intended to suggest that these were battered wives .
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Lesbians put their weight behind issues such as child care, abortion, race, battered wives and rape.
woman
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Read in studio An insurance company's giving two million pounds to help battered women and their children.
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Finally, the violence reached the point where she left and stayed in a refuge for battered women .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a battered 1969 Ford
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Alex and Lisa used to drive around town in a battered old Fiat Uno.
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He carried the same battered green journal with him on all his travels.
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There was nothing in his office except for a few battered chairs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A small, battered house in a small battered terrace; the buildings appeared to be leaning on one another for support.
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He could see the battered standard lamp, the mirror, the dowdy wallpaper.
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He looked up and saw a plane following him down; it too had a battered wing-tip.
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His shock decision - on the eve of Labour's party conference - threw a lifeline to battered Premier John Major.
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It was a small, battered tin money-box.
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Oil stocks were looking battered following a slide in the price of crude.
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Under the window was an easel and a stool and beside it a battered chest of drawers.