battalion

Meanings

Plural: battalions

Noun

• an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies
• a large indefinite number
  • "a battalion of ants"
• An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
• an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
• Any large body of troops.
• A great number of things.

Verb

• To form into battalions.

Synonyms

heap, horde, large number, load, mass, multitude, pack, pile, plurality, swathe