Abbott

American  

[ab-uht] / ˈæb ət /

noun

1. Berenice, 1898–1991, U.S. photographer.

2. Edith, 1876–1957, and her sister Grace, 1878–1939, U.S. social reformers.

3. Edville Gerhardt 1871–1938, U.S. orthopedist.

4. George, 1887–1995, U.S. playwright, director, and producer.

5. Jacob, 1803–79, and his son, Lyman, 1835–1922, U.S. clergymen and writers.

6. Sir John Joseph Caldwell, 1821–93, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1891–92.

7. Robert Sengstake 1868–1940, U.S. newspaper publisher.

8. William Bud, 1898–1974, U.S. actor, producer, and comedian, best known as the straight man of Abbott and Costello.

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Example Sentences

On Friday, a Chicago jury ordered Abbott to pay $70 million in damages to four families, marking Abbott’s second major trial loss.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

There is also a possibility that Abbott could make up some of its lost diagnostic test sales later this year, depending on the coming respiratory season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Abbott faces more than 1,700 ongoing lawsuits linking its cow’s milk-based formula, Similac, to necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Opening the case on Thursday, prosecutor Bill Boyce KC said there was no evidence that Abbott was alive after Pexton visited her that day.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

A jolly round man with a buzz cut, Nigro said that inmates had nicknamed him Abbott, after the partner of Costello.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover