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bcc

bcc is the initialism of blind carbon copy.

bcc is the initialism of body-centered cubic.

Meaning of blind carbon copy

Noun

blind carbon copy (plural blind carbon copies)

  1. (Internet) A copy of an email message that is sent to a person (often one of many) other than the primary recipient without the express knowledge of the other recipients.
    Synonyms:
    BCC, blind-copy

See all 2 meanings of blind carbon copy

Verb

bcc (third-person singular simple present bcc's, present participle bcc'ing, simple past and past participle bcc'd or bcc'ed)

  1. To send something by blind carbon copy.

Noun capitalized: BCC

BCC (plural BCCs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of blind carbon copy.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of basal cell carcinoma.
    • Ulcerated BCC may mimic SCC, and Bowen's disease may be misdiagnosed for the superficial and morphoeic forms.1993, W. E. De Launey, Harvey Rotstein, W. A. Land, De Launey and Land Principles and Practice of Dermatology
    • Among the inhibitors of the Hh pathway that interact directly with SMO, vismodegib and sonidegib are the two compounds approved by FDA in 2012 and 2015, respectively, for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC).2016 March 3, “Novel Acylguanidine Derivatives Targeting Smoothened Induce Antiproliferative and Pro-Apoptotic Effects in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Proper noun capitalized: BCC

BCC

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of British Chambers of Commerce.

Forms of bcc

Noun
pluralbccs
pluralBCCs
Verb
third-person singular presentbcc's
present participlebcc'ing
past participlebcc'd
pastbcc'd
past participlebcc'ed
pastbcc'ed

Questions about bcc

What does bcc mean?
Bcc means to send something by blind carbon copy.
What is bcc the initialism of?
Bcc is the initialism of blind carbon copy.
What part of speech is bcc?
Bcc can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of bcc?
The past tense of bcc is bcc'd.

Words near bcc in the dictionary

  1. BCAAs
  2. BCAR
  3. BCARs
  4. BCAs
  5. BCBS
  6. bcc
  7. bcc'd
  8. bcc'ed
  9. bcc'ing
  10. bcc's
  11. BCCA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bcc (page history and authors); BCC (page history and authors); blind carbon copy (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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