L.B.

¹

abbreviation for

1. bachelor of letters; bachelor of literature.

L.B.

²

abbreviation for

1. landing barge.
2. light bomber.
3. local board.

lb.

³

abbreviation for

, plural lbs., lb.

1. pound.

LB

¹

abbreviation for

1. Liberia (international car registration)

lb

²

abbreviation for

1. cricket leg bye
2. Alsolb. pound (weight)

lb

³

the internet domain name for

1. Lebanon

lb

1. Abbreviation of pound

Word History and Origins

Origin of L.B.¹

From New Latin Litterārum Baccalaureus; Līterārum Baccalaureus

Origin of L.B.²

< Latin lībra, plural lībrae

Word History and Origins

Origin of L.B.¹

(for sense 2) Latin: libra

Example Sentences

Hand­ printed posters at the Vance Avenue Market: CHICKEN BACKS, 12½¢ lb.; HOG MAWS, 15¢: RUMPS, 19¢.

From The Daily Beast

The network, formerly The Learning Channel (LOL), will air a special, The Man With the 132 Lb.

From The Daily Beast

LB: I studied history, literature, and philosophy at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

From The Daily Beast

Murdoch semi-apologized, tweeting later that he “did not mean to be unsympathetic to 400 lb lady.”

From The Daily Beast

Together the teams will use 66lb of flour, 408lb of butter, 990lb of sugar, four vats of golden syrup and 1,480lb of chocolate.

From The Daily Beast

It has been shown by Chevandrier, that an acre of land under beech wood accumulates annually about 1650 lb.

From Project Gutenberg

Saussure made similar experiments, and observed that the quantity of water exhaled by a sunflower amounted to about 220 lb.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, the column of air resting upon an acre of land contains only about 15,500 lb.

From Project Gutenberg

The price of the tea sent to Europe varies from fifteen to sixty dollars (£3 to £12) a pikul, of 134 lb.

From Project Gutenberg

The bridge is worked by hydraulic power, an accumulator with a load of 34 tons supplying pressure water at 630 lb per sq. in.

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