English Explanatory Dictionary

b

English dictionary entry

Meanings

character
  1. The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of born.
symbol
  1. latitude in the galactic coordinate system
  2. barn
  3. bit
  4. bye
  5. big
verb
  1. Abbreviation of be.
character
  1. The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
  2. The grade of pencil, “black”, that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
  3. Abbreviation of bishop.
  4. The number of balls faced by a batsman.
  5. Bass.
  6. Bastard.
  7. Bitch.
  8. Abbreviation of blood or blud: used to address a friend, especially a male.
  9. A B cell.
symbol
  1. byte
noun
  1. A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
  2. An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
  3. Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
  4. The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
  5. The seventh note in the C major scale.
name
  1. A programming language from which C is derived.

Pronunciation

/b/ /biː/ en-uk-b.ogg en-us-b.ogg en-au-B.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-B.wav

Word forms

b bs b's

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Related words

letter A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z b. ℓ b-ball b-boy b-boying b-day b-flat b flat b-girl b-girling b-hop b-hopping b-school b-sharp b sharp B-tier b-tree b-word chlorophyll b my b A-B power A-B powering antihemophilic factor B Area B B-1 basic B B-factory B-heptomino B-list B meson B-reel B-sheaf B-side

Derived words

Kb Mb Gb Tb Pb Eb bps b/s lb menty b
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