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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Cb C Beautifier. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Weather | Cumulonimbus cloud, characterized by strong vertical development in the form of mountains or huge towers topped at least partially by a smooth, flat, often fibrous anvil. Also known colloquially as a "thunderhead." (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CB | Dutch | Compenserende bedragen | N/A |
CB | English | Clydesdale Bank plc | N/A |
CB | French | Convoyeur blindé de taille | N/A |
CB | Italian | Cumulonembi | Geography, Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CB |
| Specialty definitions using "CB": C Beautifier ♦ Funnel Cloud ♦ Towering Cumulus. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | CB Ready When You Are (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Ford Kurtz - an aid At home in a modified boxcar CB and O #25094 Life on a level crew. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Glasziou PP, Hayem M, Del Mar CB. Antibiotics for acute otitis media in children. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | Some of the foreign firms now doing business in Chile include Pix partners, Cushman and Wakefield Semco, Mackenzie Hill, Tramel Crow, and CB Richard Ellis. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CB" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.62% of the time. "CB" is used about 159 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 78.62% | 125 | 28,650 |
| Noun (singular) | 12.58% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (common) | 6.92% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.26% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 159 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Chile | CB Capitales SA | USA | CB Bancshares, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "CB": CB radio. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CB": cb-radio. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cb radio | 2,253 | cb amplifier | 40 |
cb | 601 | cb commercial | 40 |
cb richard ellis | 489 | cb t | 40 |
cb antenna | 342 | cb handheld radio | 40 |
honda cb 750 | 160 | cb lingo | 40 |
cobra cb radio | 148 | cb 2000 | 37 |
cobra cb | 108 | galaxy cb | 36 |
cb mods | 92 | cb ellis | 36 |
cb performance | 72 | motorcycle cb radio | 35 |
cb radio antenna | 70 | 500 cb | 35 |
cb radio mods | 68 | honda cb 500 | 35 |
cb burnet | 66 | cb frequency | 32 |
galaxy cb radio | 60 | midland cb | 32 |
cb richard elli | 55 | cb code | 32 |
cb base antenna | 54 | cb shop | 32 |
cb radio repair | 53 | cb amps | 32 |
cb drum | 52 | honda cb | 31 |
cb radio modification | 51 | honda cb 350 | 29 |
cb radio midland | 42 | 1 cb honda | 26 |
cb park smith | 42 | cb equipment | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 人口调查局. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | cbay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words containing "CB": ecbolic, ecbolics, sacbut, sacbuts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c" | |
+1 letter: cab, cob, cub. | |
+2 letters: bach, back, beck, bice, bloc, bock, buck, cabs, carb, chub, club, cobb, cobs, comb, crab, crib, cube, cubs, curb, scab. | |
+3 letters: abaca, abaci, aback, acerb, bacca, backs, bacon, banco, baric, basic, batch, beach, becap, becks, beech, belch, bench, bices, birch, bitch, black, block, blocs, bocce, bocci, boche, bocks, boric, botch, brace, brach, bract, brick, brock, bronc, bucko, bucks, bunch, bunco, butch, cabal, cabby, caber, cabin, cable, cabob, carbo, carbs, carob, cebid, ceiba, celeb, chimb, chubs, cibol, climb, clomb, clubs, cobbs, cobby, cobia, coble, cobra, combe, combo, combs, coomb, corby, crabs, cribs, crumb, cubby, cubeb, cubed, cuber, cubes, cubic, cubit, curbs, pubic, rabic, rebec, scabs, scrub, scuba, xebec, zebec. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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