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BBC

/biː biː ˈsiː/

BBC is the initialism of British Broadcasting Corporation.

BBC is the initialism of Blades Business Crew.

BBC is the initialism of Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation.

BBC is the initialism of British-born Chinese.

BBC is the abbreviation of bromobenzyl cyanide.

BBC is the initialism of big black cock.

Meaning of bromobenzyl cyanide

Noun

bromobenzyl cyanide (uncountable)

  1. A lachrymatory agent (i.e., tear gas) introduced in World War I.
    Synonyms:
    camite

Synonyms of BBC

Forms of BBC

Proper noun
alternative form (dated, rare)B.B.C.
Noun
pluralBBCs

Words formed from BBC

Questions about BBC

What is BBC the initialism of?
BBC is the initialism of British Broadcasting Corporation.
How do you pronounce BBC?
BBC is pronounced /biː biː ˈsiː/.

Words near BBC in the dictionary

  1. BBBM
  2. BBBMs
  3. BBBs
  4. BBBW
  5. BBBWs
  6. BBC
  7. BBC English
  8. BBC-esque
  9. BBCesque
  10. BBCode
  11. BBCs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BBC (page history and authors); bromobenzyl cyanide (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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