Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "batten" can be used as verb, noun, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

band fabic store floor hatch house pirate ship ship theater

Capable Of

stiffen sail

Derived Terms

Mount Batten batten down batten down the hatches battenboard battened battener battening battenless battner counter batten sweat batten unbatten

Etymologically Related To

better

Context

nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

beef up fortify strengthen strip stuffing

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

counterlath dropper jackstay studding

Type Of (IsA)

piece of wood stick strip

Manner Of

strengthen

Related Terms

Battenberg Mountbatten

Related Terms

battle better enrich fare fasten fat fatten feed fertilize fibreglass furnish gloat gluttonous gratify hatch home improve in land loom luxury metal morbid on plenteous prosper revel sail secure strip sumptuous thrive wood woof

Synonym Network

batting

Used For

defense holding down hatches sealing joints

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.