BEV

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abbreviation

battery electric vehicle: an automobile or other vehicle having an electric motor that is fully powered by batteries.See also EV (def. 1), HEV, PHEV.

Black English Vernacular.

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Words nearby BEV

beurre manié, beurre noir, beurre noisette, Beuthen, Beuys, BEV, Bevan, bevatron, Bev curls, bevel, bevel-faced hammer

Other definitions for BEV (2 of 2)

BeV

or Bev, bev

[ bev ]

/ bɛv /

Physics.

billion electron-volts.

How to use BEV in a sentence

Ye know what Pulu is, iv coorse, an' I'm sure ye'll be glad to know that this refreshin' bev'rage or soap is on th' free list.
Mr. Dooley Says|Finley Dunne
Vidal Bev, Boccacce et les docks et warrants, in Bulletin de l'institut gyptien .
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
He knew me, and all I meant to do was to call Bev down, and mother, and make him sit up and take notice.
The Breaking Point|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Its gleaming sides, however, spoke lucidly to Bev's intelligence, and he set the pony at a smarter pace in the marshy road.
A Prairie Infanta|Eva Wilder Brodhead

I wept much the day when you were lost, and Bev Gribble, the vaquero, brought you home on his horse.
A Prairie Infanta|Eva Wilder Brodhead

British Dictionary definitions for BEV

BeV

abbreviation for (in the US)

gigaelectronvolts (GeV)

Word Origin for BeV

C20: from b (illion) e (lectron) v (olts)

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