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kb

kb symbol: kilobar. Also the abbreviation of kbit.

Symbol (1)

kb

  1. kilobar

Symbol (2) capitalized: KB

KB

  1. (abbreviation, formal) Abbreviation of kilobyte.
  2. (abbreviation, informal) Abbreviation of kibibyte.
    Synonyms:
    KiB

Noun (1) capitalized: KB

KB (plural KBs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of knowledge base.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of knockback.
    • […] has had a 'K.B.' (knock-back) by being turned down for parole is something which the prison staff have had to learn to deal with […]1975, John Eryl Hall Williams, Changing Prisons, page 81
    • My subsequent misconduct in prison had many inmate friends telling me that I would receive a knock-back. […] At least I feel the wheels are rolling onwards and if I get a KB I am passing time.1989, Michael Bettsworth, Marking Time: A Prison Memoir, page 160
  3. (abbreviation, slang) Abbreviation of kine bud (High-grade marijuana.)
    Synonyms:
    kine bud, KBs, heads, headies
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Knowledge Bowl.

Proper noun capitalized: KB

KB

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Kuiper Belt.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of West Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of King's Bench Division (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law Reports, in case the monarch is male).

Noun (2) capitalized: Kb

Kb (plural Kbs or Kb's or Kb)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of kilobit; 1000 bits.
    Synonyms:
    kbit
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of kibibit; 1024 bits.
    Synonyms:
    kib, kibit, kbit
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of kauri-butanol value.

Symbol (3) capitalized: kB

kB

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of kilobyte.

Also used as

kb is also the abbreviation of kbit.

kb is also the abbreviation of kilobase.

kb is also the abbreviation of keyboard.

kb meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

kb in Urdu

کے بی

kb in Bengali

কেবি

kb in Telugu

కెబి

kb in Malayalam

കെബി
More languagesFewer languages
kb in Kannada
ಕೆಬಿ
kb in Gujarati
કેબી
kb in Odia
କେବି
kb in Nepali
केबि

Synonyms of kb

Forms of kb

Symbol
alternative formkbit
alternative formKb
alternative formKB
Noun
pluralkbs
pluralKBs
pluralKbs
pluralKb's
pluralKb

Words formed from kb

Questions about kb

What does kb mean?
Kb means kilobar.
What is kb in Urdu?
Kb in Urdu is کے بی. See Kb meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is kb?
Kb can be a symbol, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near kb in the dictionary

  1. Kaštela
  2. Kaštelir-Labinci
  3. Kaʻba
  4. kaʻk
  5. Kaʻula
  6. kb
  7. kB/s
  8. KBA
  9. kbar
  10. kbars
  11. kbaud

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kb (page history and authors); KB (page history and authors); Kb (page history and authors); kB (page history and authors); kb (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kb (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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