Cb

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. columbium.

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CB ² American  

1. Citizens Band.

2. Military. construction battalion.

3. continental breakfast.

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C.B. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Surgery.

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C.B. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. British. Companion of the Bath.

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CB ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Citizens' Band

2. Companion of the (Order of the) Bath (an English title)

3. County Borough

4. (in Canada) Cape Breton Island

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Cb ² British  

symbol

1. columbium

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cb ³ British  

abbreviation

1. centre of buoyancy (of a boat, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of C.B.

From Latin Chīrurgiae Baccalaureus

Example Sentences

India accounts for a tiny share of the $226 billion in venture capital funding that research firm CB Insights estimates went to AI firms in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Tomás and I. We’ll take different routes and keep in touch on the sat phones and CB. We’ll get in. We’ve done it before.”

From Literature

He had abandoned it and was trying to reach a group of people who he had overheard on his truck’s CB radio.

From Literature

But the three of them continued on together, following what Grant had overheard on his truck’s CB radio before it broke down: There might be people up the road, other survivors.

From Literature

“Often, large companies like Target or General Mills need to cater to both sides of the aisle in terms of customers and taking a specific side may be perceived as too dangerous,” said CB Bhattacharya, a business economics professor at University of Pittsburgh, who specializes in corporate identity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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