B

¹

Or b

[bee]

noun

plural

B's, Bs, b's, bs. 

1. the second letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter B or b, as in bid, bauble, or daubed.

3. something having the shape of a B .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter B or b.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter B or b.

B

²

abbreviation

1. Chess.,  bishop.

2. Black. Also b

3. Photography.,  bulb.

B

³

Symbol.

1. the second in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase),  (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work as good or better than average.

3. (sometimes lowercase),  (in some school systems) a symbol designating the second semester of a school year.

4. Physiology.,  a major blood group usually enabling a person whose blood is of this type to donate blood to persons of type B or AB and to receive blood from persons of type O or B.

5. Music.

   1. the seventh tone in the scale of C major or the second tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.

   2. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.

   3. a written or printed note representing this tone.

   4. (in the fixed system of solmization) the seventh tone of the scale of C major, called ti.

   5. the tonality having B as the tonic note.

6. (sometimes lowercase),  the medieval Roman numeral for 300.

7. Chemistry.,  boron.

8. a proportional shoe width size, narrower than C and wider than A.

9. a proportional brassiere cup size, smaller than C and larger than A.

10. Physics.,  magnetic induction.

11. Electricity.,  susceptance.

12. a designation for a motion picture made on a low budget and meant as the secondary part of a double feature.

13. a quality rating for a corporate or municipal bond, lower than BB and higher than CCC.

b

⁴

abbreviation

1. Physics.

   1. bar; bars.

   2. barn; barns.

B-

⁵

U.S. Military.

1. (in designations of aircraft) bomber.

   B-29.

b.

⁶

abbreviation

1. bachelor.

2. bale.

3. Baseball.,  base; baseman.

4. bass.

5. basso.

6. bay.

7. billion.

8. blend of; blended.

9. book.

10. born.

11. breadth.

12. brother.

13. brotherhood.

B.

⁷

abbreviation

1. bachelor.

2. bacillus.

3. Baseball.,  base; baseman.

4. bass.

5. basso.

6. bay.

7. Bible.

8. bolivar.

9. boliviano.

10. book.

11. born.

12. breadth.

13. British.

14. brother.

15. brotherhood.

B

¹

symbol

1. music

   1. a note having a frequency of 493.88 hertz ( B above middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the seventh note of the scale of C major

   2. a key, string, or pipe producing this note

   3. the major or minor key having this note as its tonic

2. the supporting or less important of two things

   the B side of a record

3. a human blood type of the ABO group, containing the B antigen

4. (in Britain) a secondary road

5. the number 11 in hexadecimal notation

6. chem boron

7. magnetic flux density

8. chess bishop

9. (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of softness of lead) black Compare H

   B

   2B

   3B

10. Also: b. physics bel

11. physics baryon number

12. balboa

13. belga

14. bolivar

15. photog B-setting

16. 1. a person whose job is in middle management, or who holds an intermediate administrative or professional position

    2. ( as modifier ) See also occupation groupings

       a B worker

abbreviation

1. Belgium (international car registration)

b

²

/ biː /

noun

1. the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced bilabial stop, as in bell

3. Also: beta. the second in a series, esp the second highest grade in an examination

B.

³

abbreviation

1. (on maps, etc) bay

2. British

b.

⁴

abbreviation

1. born

2. cricket bowled

B-

⁵

abbreviation

1. bomber

   B-52

b

⁶

symbol

1. chess See algebraic notation

Example Sentences

Guest appearances on the album come from Benjamin; Bakar; Lil B, who also made a cameo on “Swag”; the Nigerian singer Tems, with whom Bieber teamed in 2021 for a remix of Wizkid’s “Essence”; and Hurricane Chris, the Southern rapper known for his 2007 teen-rap hit “A Bay Bay.”

From Los Angeles Times

Bieber’s in more or less the same sound world he was in last time, laying his cooing vocals over squeaky, scratchy arrangements that pull from indie rock and ’80s R&B. It’s a dramatic shift from the glistening teen-pop production of his early hits and from the high-gloss EDM beats of his collabs with the likes of Diplo and DJ Snake.

From Los Angeles Times

"Competition is fierce for every pound spent by shoppers on health and beauty products", she said, adding that competition was "strong" from the likes of Boots to B&M.

From BBC

As a sellout crowd of 46,272 that included President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio and Frank Robinson rose to its feet and the banners on the B&O Warehouse behind the right-field bleachers changed from 2,130 to 2,131, fireworks erupted and balloons and streamers soared into the air.

From Los Angeles Times

The woman then leans forward and tries to take the driver’s coffee and mess with his other belongings, shouting, “Loser! That’s what you get, b—.”

From Los Angeles Times