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. (uncountable, usually) The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.
2. (British, uncountable, usually) 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, alt-of, uncountable, usually) Abbreviation of bishop.
4. (uncountable, usually) The number of balls faced by a batsman.
5. (uncountable, usually) Bass.
6. (Australia, countable, euphemistic, usually) Bastard.
7. (countable, euphemistic, usually) Bitch.
8. (Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually) Abbreviation of blood or blud: used to address a friend, especially a male.
9. (countable, usually) 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.

Synonyms

boron

B complex

B vitamin

vitamin B complex

vitamin B

type B

atomic number 5

group B

b

🅱️

Bel

bacillus

B-complex vitamin

bit

bel

branch

breadth

brightness

broadcast

bulletin

crumb

musical note

AB

🆎

B flat

SI

C flag

bandwidth

base

bath

🛀

battery

🔋

beam

bearing

bias

binary

blood group

blood type

bond

bottom

braid

Translations

H

si

B

si

B

B

si

B

si maggiore

B

si majeur

b-groot

bore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/b/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: B

In summary

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

Sentences

" Shining Shore " is said to connect the two hymns as a B section .

The first three pledge manuals of the fraternity were written by Walter B . Palmer .

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

The Exit B of the station leads to Lorong Chuan.