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B

Pronunciation: /b/

The English word “B” has 14 meanings listed here.

numeral

  1. The second numeral symbol 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. The number of balls faced by a batsman.
  4. Bass.
  5. Bastard.
  6. Bitch.
  7. A B cell.
  8. A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
  9. An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
  10. Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
  11. The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
  12. The seventh note in the C major scale.

proper noun

  1. A programming language from which C is derived.

Etymology

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

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