DDD
Americanabbreviation
Etymology
Origin of DDD
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Once you are outside of the A through DDD cup sizes, then there’s the scary unknown,” DuMal says.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2024
The researchers tested AIM's clinical exome reanalysis on a dataset of UDN and DDD cases and found that it was able to correctly identify 57% of diagnosable cases.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
But when someone thought of analyzing the fatty tissues of the grebes, they were found to be loaded with DDD in the extraordinary concentration of sixteen hundred parts per million.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017
We often celebrate new-found “images” from this or that photographer, but DDD has never received the recognition he truly deserves.
From Time ● Jan. 23, 2016
A can of a mothproofing material containing DDD, for example, carries in very fine print the warning that its contents are under pressure and that it may burst if exposed to heat or open flame.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
