C.B.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Bachelor of Surgery.

C.B.

²

abbreviation for

1. British. Companion of the Bath.

Cb

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. columbium.

CB

⁴

1. Citizens Band.
2. Military. construction battalion.
3. continental breakfast.

CB

¹

abbreviation for

1. Citizens' Band
2. Companion of the (Order of the) Bath (an English title)
3. County Borough
4. (in Canada) Cape Breton Island

cb

²

abbreviation for

1. centre of buoyancy (of a boat, etc)

Cb

³

the chemical symbol for

1. columbium

Word History and Origins

Origin of C.B.¹

From Latin Chīrurgiae Baccalaureus

Example Sentences

A skeleton key etched with the initials C.B.

From Literature

So Ulbrickson, with the help of Seattle Times publisher C.B.

From Seattle Times

Today’s Amplifier is a celebration of the Elephant 6 Recording Co., a humble but hugely influential music scene that grew in the 1990s out of two small Southern cities — Ruston, La. and later Athens, Ga. — and serves as the subject of “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.,” a spirited new documentary directed by C.B.

From New York Times

Murphy was ejected after yelling toward first base umpire C.B.

From Washington Times

In the sixth, catcher Tom Murphy was ejected by home-plate umpire Brian Walsh after Murphy shook his head in disagreement with a check-swing strike called by first-base umpire C.B.

From Seattle Times

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