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B. B. King

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Noun

1. b. b. king, king, riley b king

United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925)

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B. B. King

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nounWord forms: plural b's, B's or Bs
1. 
the second letter and first consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiced bilabial stop, as in bell
3. Also: beta
the second in a series, esp the second highest grade in an examination
symbol for
chess algebraic notation
symbol for
1. music
a. 
a note having a frequency of 493.88 hertz (B above middle C) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the seventh note of the scale of C major
b. 
a key, string, or pipe producing this note
c. 
the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
2. 
the supporting or less important of two things
the B side of a record
3. 
a human blood type of the ABO group, containing the B antigen
4. 
(in Britain) a secondary road
5. 
the number 11 in hexadecimal notation
6. chemistry
boron
7. 
magnetic flux density
8. chess
bishop
9. 
(on Brit pencils, signifying degree of softness of lead) black
B
2B
3B
Compare H (sense 5)
10. Also: b physics
bel
11. physics
baryon number
12. 
balboa
13. 
belga
14. 
bolívar
15. photography
B-setting
16. 
a. 
a person whose job is in middle management, or who holds an intermediate administrative or professional position
b. 
(as modifier)
a B worker
See also occupation groupings
abbreviation for
17. 
Belgium (international car registration)
abbreviation for
1. 
born
2. cricket
bowled
abbreviation for
1. 
(on maps, etc) bay
2. 
British

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B. B. King

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noun
1. 
a blood type
see also ABO system
2.  US, Education
a grade indicating above-average but not outstanding work
a B in French
3.  Music
a. 
the seventh note or tone in the ascending scale of C major
b. 
the scale having this tone as the keynote
c. 
a note representing this tone
d. 
a key, string, etc. producing this tone
adjective
4.  US
second-class; inferior to the best
a B film
1. 
bachelor
2. 
bacillus
3.  American Football
back
: sometimes written b
4.  Baseball
a. 
base
b. 
baseman
c. 
batter
5.  Music
a. 
bass
b. 
basso
6. 
battery
7. 
Baumé
8. 
bay
9.  Physics
bel
10. 
Bible
11. 
billion
12.  Chess
bishop
13. 
bolívar
14. 
book
15. 
born
16. 
brightness
17. 
breadth
18. 
British
19. 
brother
20. 
Brotherhood
1.  Chemistry
boron
2.  Physics
magnetic flux density
nounWord forms: plural B's or b's
1. 
the second letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek beta, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (b) of boat
3. 
a type or impression for b or B
4. 
the second in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like B
adjective
6. 
of b or B
7. 
second in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like B
1.  Physics
a. 
bar(s)
b. 
barn(s)
2. 
boliviano

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