ob

Meanings

1. a halfpenny

1. Pronunciation spelling of of.

1. an objection
2. the obese gene
3. observation

1. A river in Russia; the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers.

1. The set of objects of a category.

1. Initialism of Olympic best.
2. Initialism of outside broadcast.
3. Initialism of outside broadcasting.
4. Initialism of old boy (a male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male).
5. Abbreviation of obstetrician.
6. Abbreviation of obstetrics.
7. Abbreviation of Old Babylonian.

1. Abbreviation of obstetric.
2. Initialism of out of bounds.
3. Abbreviation of obligatory (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-)
4. Abbreviation of Old Babylonian.

Etymology

From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.