b


Definition: Meaning of, b in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / biː /

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b b’s, B’s
  1. physics a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
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  2. the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
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B


Definition: Meaning of, B in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / biː /

  • noun
  • synonym
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
B B's, b's
b
  1. [uncountable and countable] the second letter of the English alphabet
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  2. [uncountable and countable] the seventh note in the musical SCALE of C MAJOR or the musical KEY based on this note
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  3. [countable] a mark given to a student's work to show that it is good but not excellent
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  4. [uncountable] used to refer in a short way to one of two different things or people. You can call the first one A.
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  5. B4509/B1049 etc the name of a road in Britain that is smaller than an A-ROAD
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  6. [uncountable] a common type of blood
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B used in phrases

  • Anthony, Susan B.
    1. (1820-1906) a US woman who tried to help women get the right to vote
  • B & Q
    1. a large British DIY store (= shop selling things for decorating or repairing your house and garden) .
  • B and B
    1. the abbreviation of bed and breakfast
  • B battery (noun)
    1. battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
  • B cell (noun)
    1. antibodies a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin that inactivate the antigens
  • B complex (noun)
    1. originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  • B lymphocyte (noun)
    1. antibodies a lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity; it recognizes free antigen molecules in solution and matures into plasma cells that secrete immunoglobulin that inactivate the antigens
  • B vitamin (noun)
    1. originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins
  • B'nai B'rith
    1. an international organization of Jewish people that works to oppose ANTI-SEMITISM (= unfair treatment of Jewish people or violence against them) and that helps Jewish people all over the world
  • B-52
    1. a large US military aircraft that is used to drop bombs
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