B

The b-rune ᛒ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin ‘B’

Meanings

Noun

  • the number of balls faced by a batsman
  • The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money
  • The grade of pencil that makes darker marks than grade HB but lighter marks than grade 2B; a pencil with soft lead.
  • Bishop
  • bass.
  • A B cell.
  • A personality type of someone who is relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
  • An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A
  • Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
  • Alternate or secondary part, as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with A, which is the primary part.
  • The seventh note in the C major scale.

Proper Noun

Origin

  • Image:Runic letter berkanan.png|50px|left|The b-rune ᛒ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ, the Old English letter replaced by Latin ‘B’
  • Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ.
  • abbreviation of ball
  • abbreviation of billion
  • abbreviation of black
  • from contrast with the letter ‘A’ and its corresponding personality type
  • from the position of the letter ‘B’ in the English alphabet

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