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lbw

lbw is the alternative letter-case form of LBW.

Noun capitalized: LBW

LBW (countable and uncountable, plural LBWs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of low birth weight.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of leg before wicket.
    • The Authentic, getting in front of his wicket, to pull one of the simplest long-hops ever seen on a cricket field, missed it, and was l.b.w.1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 13, in Mike
  3. Lutheran Book of Worship (hymnal)

Forms of lbw

plurallbws
pluralLBWs

Questions about lbw

What does lbw mean?
Lbw means lutheran Book of Worship (hymnal).
What is lbw the alternative letter-case form of?
Lbw is the alternative letter-case form of LBW.
What part of speech is lbw?
Lbw is a noun.
What is the plural of lbw?
The plural of lbw is lbws.

Words near lbw in the dictionary

  1. lbs.
  2. LBSCR
  3. LBT
  4. LBV
  5. LBVs
  6. lbw
  7. LBWA
  8. LBWAs
  9. lbws
  10. lc
  11. LCA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lbw (page history and authors); LBW (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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