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pb

pb is the abbreviation of power brakes.

Symbol (1) capitalized: PB

PB

  1. (abbreviation, formal) Abbreviation of petabyte.
  2. (abbreviation, informal) Abbreviation of pebibyte.
    Synonyms:
    PiB

Noun capitalized: PB

PB (countable and uncountable, plural PBs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of peanut butter.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of personal best.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of plate block.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of prime broker or prime brokerage.
  5. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of patrol bomber.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of parallel bars.
  7. (abbreviation, dated, initialism) Initialism of power brakes.
    • PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]

Proper noun capitalized: PB

PB

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Paraíba: a state of Brazil.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Punjab: a state of India.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of West Papua: a province of Indonesia.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of PowerBook (“family of Macintosh laptop computers”).
    • When I charge my Powerbook Battery by hooking up the AC
      adapter to my PB, should I disconnect the AC adapter
      when the chooser's Battery shows that the batter is charged?
      Can I safely leave the AC adapter hooked to the PB so
      I can use the batter for later? Help, I do not want to tear
      any thing up.1992 November 18, Danny W. McCampbell, “How long should I charge my PB batter?”, in comp.sys.mac.hardware (Usenet)

Verb capitalized: PB

PB (third-person singular simple present PBs, present participle PBing, simple past and past participle PBed)

  1. (informal, intransitive, usually) To set a new personal best.
    • Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024
    • Speaking after yesterday's race, Ellie, from Walsall, said: 'I would have loved to get the gold but you can't have everything. ¶ 'I've been PBing every time I swim so I can't ask for any more.'2012 September 8, Metrowebukmetro, quoting Ellie Simmonds, “Ellie Simmonds' father: My girl has made the world stop and think”, in Metro, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2015

Adjective capitalized: PB

PB (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of plant-based.

Symbol (2) capitalized: Pb

Pb

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Pbit.

Synonyms of pb

Forms of pb

Noun
pluralPBs
Verb
third-person singular presentPBs
present participlePBing
past participlePBed
pastPBed

Words formed from pb

Phrases with pb

Questions about pb

What does pb mean?
Pb means to set a new personal best.
What is pb the abbreviation of?
Pb is the abbreviation of power brakes.
What part of speech is pb?
Pb can be a symbol, a noun, a proper noun or a verb.

Words near pb in the dictionary

  1. pazzazz
  2. País Vasco
  3. Paÿni
  4. Pașcani
  5. paʻanga
  6. pb
  7. PB and J
  8. PB and Js
  9. PB cup
  10. PB cups
  11. PB&J

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pb (page history and authors); PB (page history and authors); Pb (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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