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B-sides

B-sides is the plural of B-side.

Meaning of B-side

Noun

B-side (plural B-sides)

  1. The reverse side of a cassette tape or a phonograph record, especially a vinyl single, often containing songs not considered for airplay.
    • I wonder what is happening on the flip side of the world, / The side you never like to play / I know you say you need the A-side all the time / But the B-side, I just wonder what you say1972, Jim Peterik, “Flip Side”, performed by Ides of March
    Synonyms:
    flip, flipside
  2. Any song included on a compact disc single, besides the first song (the A-side).

Questions about B-sides

What is B-sides the plural of?
B-sides is the plural of B-side.

Words near B-sides in the dictionary

  1. B-sheaf
  2. B-sheaves
  3. B-side
  4. B-sider
  5. B-siders
  6. B-sides
  7. B-spline
  8. B-splines
  9. B-stage
  10. B-stages
  11. B-stories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: B-sides (page history and authors); B-side (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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