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B&B

1 American  
B and B 2 American  
  1. Trademark. a brand of liqueur combining Benedictine and brandy.

  2. bed-and-breakfast.


B & B British  

abbreviation

  1. bed and breakfast

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Last year, he emerged as winner on Four in a Bed, where B&B owners compete against each other to be named best host.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The herb garden remains unplanted, and Lindsay’s vague plans for a “bespoke” B&B are on permanent hold, as are Josh’s musical aspirations.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

I followed a small road into the tree-covered village of Bise, where I found B&B Pastoral.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

Mr Hall was staying at the B&B Ploncher hotel when he disappeared on 9 July.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2025

Annabelle hears Yvonne, proprietor of the Secret Garden B&B, rattling pans downstairs.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

"You’re up against a computer system that says A is B and B is C."

From BBC Jul. 23, 2024

In other words, knowing that A usually beats B, and B usually beats C, gives you almost no information about whether A will usually beat C or vice versa.

From Scientific American Sep. 19, 2023

Under approval voting, if A beats B, and B beats C, A beats C. So, except for when the result is tied, there is always an alternative that is approved more than any other.

From Nature Jul. 24, 2016

A is tangent to B, and B is tangent to C. We’ll call their tangent points AB and BC.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2012

He said that as soon as his B and B opened for business, he would become a regular customer.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

So, A is connected to B, B is connected to C, but is A connected to C?

From Washington Post Oct. 13, 2021

Though there are several ensembles, the piece’s structure is essentially the “La Ronde” idea, in which A dances with B, B with C, C with D and so on.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2012

The structure -- A meets B, B meets C, and so on until the last character encounters A -- comes from Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde.

From Time Magazine Archive

B B, black-board, made by giving the wall a colored hard finish.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Ira Mayhew

The poles B B C C are in one field, the remaining poles in the other.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

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