b
numLowercase, Number The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
character, num, symbol and 1 more — 24 senses
/b/ · letter, name /biː/
Lowercase, Number The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Astronomy, Natural sciences latitude in the galactic coordinate system
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics barn
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences bit
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports bye
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Etymology From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’. * (billion): abbreviation of billion * (cricket): abbreviation of balls * (bitch): abbreviation of bitch
Usually The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
UK, Usually The grade of pencil, “black”, that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
Board games, Chess, Games Abbreviation, Usually Abbreviation of bishop.
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Usually The number of balls faced by a batsman.
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Usually Bass.
Australia, Euphemistic, Usually Bastard.
Euphemistic, Usually Bitch.
Multicultural London English, Abbreviation, Usually Abbreviation of blood or blud: used to address a friend, especially a male.
Chiefly African-American Vernacular
Immunology, Medicine, Sciences Usually A B cell.
Etymology From the Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).
Letter, Uppercase The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Etymology From the Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).
Uppercase, Number The second numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Etymology From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’. * (billion): abbreviation of billion * (cricket): abbreviation of balls * (bitch): abbreviation of bitch
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences byte
Etymology From the use of the letter ‘B’ as an arbitrary label among other letter labels. * (personality type): from contrast with the letter ‘A’ and its corresponding personality type * (academic grade): from the position of the letter ‘B’ in the English alphabet
A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The seventh note in the C major scale.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for b and B.