B

Meaning

Character

The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.

Num

The ordinal number second, derived from this letter 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. Bishop.
4. The number of balls faced by a batsman.
5. Bass.
6. Bitch.
7. A B cell.

Symbol

byte

Suffix

A suffix ending in -ble, optionally with a preceding vowel (-ible, -able).

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

A programming language from which C is derived.

Concepts

B

boron

B complex

B vitamin

vitamin B

vitamin B complex

bacillus

group B

type B

b

Bel

atomic number 5

B-complex vitamin

bit

bel

B flat

binary

bandwidth

base

bath

battery

beam

bearing

bias

bond

bottom

braid

branch

breadth

brightness

broadcast

bulletin

SI

C flag

musical note

crumb

AB

blood group

blood type

Pronounced as (IPA)

/b/

Etymology

From the Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).

Sentences

Despite this , the band continued with established session guitarist B . J . Cole replacing McCabe .