B
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- noun
- /biː/
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be
- The hedgerow in the south garden spells letter B.
- B and C
- A and B
- Appendix B
That's your road map to point B, right?
- That's your road map to point B, right?
- OK, well, let's say B, shall we say X?
- BD major, G major, B flat major, E flat major.
- So we've gone from the key of B to the key of A.
- Is it a gold, B, red or C?
Examples
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That's your road map to point B, right?
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The letter B comes after A in the alphabet.
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"'Do not let your grades drop below a B,'" she reads, then turns the page.
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And I want you to bring me some decent grades, a B in physics.
Fiction book (1996) -
Appendix A, Section B, lists the items that were removed because of poor item fit.
Academic text (2013) -
In the English alphabet, B represents a voiced bilabial stop.
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My teacher told me that the letter B is often found at the beginning of words like 'bird' and 'box'.
Synonyms
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The second letter of the English alphabet
Compounds
- Specialized
12
3.9
A serious liver infection caused by a virus spread by blood, sexual contact, or other body fluids
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3
3.2
A vitamin that dissolves in water and helps the body use energy from food
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1
3.4
A group of vitamins that dissolve in water and help cells use food for energy
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1
5.7
A white blood cell from bone marrow that makes antibodies to fight infection
- Specialized
A soil layer below the top layer that holds minerals and dead plant material carried down
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A tiny particle made of a bottom quark and another quark that exists for a very short time
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A large jet military plane that flies long distances to drop bombs
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A scan that uses sound waves to make a picture of the back of the eye
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A green substance in plant leaves that helps them make food from sunlight
- Archaic
A power source used in old radios to give positive voltage to a vacuum tube plate
- Specialized
A soil layer under the topsoil that holds minerals and bits of dead plants
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A rare inherited blood condition in which blood does not stop bleeding easily
A US one dollar coin with Susan B Anthony's picture made from 1979 to 1981 and in 1999
A poison made by a kind of bacteria that can make people very sick
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A group of substances in food that dissolve in water and help the body make energy
Surface Forms
Etymology
B is the second letter of the alphabet and comes from the Greek beta, which in turn came from the old word beth meaning 'house'. That's why you can remember B by the idea that its name once stood for a little 'house' and today it is still the name of the second letter.