battalion

/bษ™หˆtรฆlษชษ™n/

IPA: /B AH0 T AE1 L Y AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.

  2. 2

    An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.

  3. 3

    Any large body of troops.

  4. 4

    (by extension) A great number of things.

verb
  1. 1

    To form into battalions.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battalion