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PB¹

symbol

  1. abbreviation, formal Abbreviation of petabyte
  2. abbreviation, informal Abbreviation of pebibyte

    Similar: PiB

noun PBs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of peanut butter
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal best
  3. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of paperback
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of plate block
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of prime broker or prime brokerage
  6. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of patrol bomber
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of parallel bars
  8. abbreviation, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable, in classified ads for used cars Initialism of power brakes PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C   [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Paraíba: a state of Brazil.
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Punjab: a state of India.
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of West Papua: a province of Indonesia.
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of PowerBook (“family of Macintosh laptop computers”). When I charge my Powerbook Battery by hooking up the AC adapter to my PB, should I disconnect the AC adapter when the chooser's Battery shows that the batter is charged? Can I safely leave the AC adapter hooked to the PB so I can use the batter for later? Help, I do not want to tear any thing up.

verb PBs · PBing · PBed

  1. informal, intransitive, usually To set a new personal best. Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of plant-based

Pb²

symbol

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Pbit

pb³

noun

  1. abbreviation, in classified ads Abbreviation of power brakes

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lead, zircon, geochronology, sima, ntis, sn, zn, issue, difficulty, trouble, dilemma, obstacle, complication, challenge, predicament, quandary

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@misc{pb_2026,
  title = {pb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}