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CB

"CB" is a common misspelling or typo for: cab, co, cob, cub, cube.


Specialty Definition: CB

DomainDefinition

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.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CB

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

CB

DutchCompenserende bedragenN/A

CB

EnglishClydesdale Bank plcN/A

CB

FrenchConvoyeur blindé de tailleN/A

CB

ItalianCumulonembiGeography, Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: CB

Specialty definitions using "CB": C BeautifierFunnel CloudTowering Cumulus. (references)

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Modern Usage: CB

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

CB Ready When You Are (1975)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CB

DomainTitle

References

  • CB Bancshares, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • CB Capitales SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • CB Inmobiliaria S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • CB Transporte e Infraestructura S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Confessions of a Real CB Nut (reference)

  • Morningstar Stock Research Report CB : [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Screwdriver Experts Guide to Peaking Out and Repairing CB Radios (reference)

  • The Official CB Book: A Consumer's Guide (reference)

  • The Total Package CB (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: CB

Photos:
CB

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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: CB

ThumbnailDescription & 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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: CB

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Usage Frequency: CB

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)78.62%12528,650
Noun (singular)12.58%2078,262
Noun (common)6.92%11106,044
Lexical Verb (base form)1.26%2245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.63%1339,140
                    Total100.00%159N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: CB

CountryNameCountryName
Chile

CB Capitales SA

USA

CB Bancshares, Inc.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: CB

Expression using "CB": CB radio. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "CB": cb-radio.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CB

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: CB

Language Translations for "CB"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

人口调查局. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

cbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: CB

Derivations

Words containing "CB": ecbolic, ecbolics, sacbut, sacbuts. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CB

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.

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INDEX

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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