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abbreviation

basal metabolism.

Surveying. bench mark (def. 4).

Black male.

Informal. bowel movement.

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Words nearby BM

blype, Blyth, Blythe, Blytheville, Blyton, BM, BMA, B.Mar.E., B.M.E., B.M.Ed., B meson

Other definitions for BM (2 of 2)

B.M.

abbreviation

Bachelor of Medicine.

Bachelor of Music.

British Museum.

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How to use BM in a sentence

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The Daily Beast presents a few of its customers—from corporations to dictators—whose image problems were helped by BM.
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The sheets containing the irregular signatures at the end are wanting in all three copies at the BM.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg
The present copy differs from that in the BM in having no colophon.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg

It is not the same edition as any of the BM copies, but the titlepage corresponds almost exactly with that of the 1616 edition.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg
The portion wanting at the end was suppressed, but is found in BM, 683.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg
The fourth edition, printed between 1611 and 1637, not in 1607 as suggested in the BM Catalogue.
Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge|W. W. Greg

British Dictionary definitions for BM (1 of 3)

bm¹

abbreviation for

board measure

bowel movement

British Dictionary definitions for BM (2 of 3)

bm²

the internet domain name for

Bermuda

British Dictionary definitions for BM (3 of 3)

abbreviation for

Bachelor of Medicine

surveying benchmark

British Museum

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