C.B.

¹

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Surgery.

C.B.

²

abbreviation

1. British.,  Companion of the Bath.

Cb

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. columbium.

CB

⁴

1. Citizens Band.

2. Military.,  construction battalion.

3. continental breakfast.

CB

¹

abbreviation

1. Citizens' Band

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

3. County Borough

4. (in Canada) Cape Breton Island

Cb

²

symbol

1. columbium

cb

³

abbreviation

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of C.B.¹

From Latin Chīrurgiae Baccalaureus

Example Sentences

Chen’s Chinese handler told him that he would be given funds to “socialize with” the former supervisor in the hopes of getting an introduction to M.A.’s successor, identified as C.B.

From Los Angeles Times

A skeleton key etched with the initials C.B.

From Literature

So Ulbrickson, with the help of Seattle Times publisher C.B.

From Seattle Times

Today’s Amplifier is a celebration of the Elephant 6 Recording Co., a humble but hugely influential music scene that grew in the 1990s out of two small Southern cities — Ruston, La. and later Athens, Ga. — and serves as the subject of “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.,” a spirited new documentary directed by C.B.

From New York Times

Murphy was ejected after yelling toward first base umpire C.B.

From Washington Times

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