Batter

In cooking, a batter is a thick or thin mixture, usually made of a ground grain, a liquid, and a fat. Batters are used to make cakes[?], some breads[?], to coat meat or vegetables when frying, or to make pancakes or cookies. Batter also means to pommel, to beat up, or to inflict harm.

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In baseball, the batter is the person who hits the baseball with the bat. There are six ways a batter can get on base other than getting a hit:

• Reaching on a fielding error.
• Receiving a base on balls.
• Being hit by pitch.
• Reaching on a fielder's choice[?].
• Reaching on catcher's interference[?].
• A catcher drops a third strike and the batter reaches first base before being tagged or thrown out, if first base is unoccupied with less than two outs.