"BIF" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: BIFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BIF (plural BIFs)
  1. (geology) Initialism of banded iron(stone) formation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: banded iron(stone) formation Synonyms: banded iron formation, banded ironstone formation Coordinate_terms: iron, ironstone, iron vein, iron ore, iron ore deposit, Great Oxygenation Event, Snowball Earth
    Sense id: en-BIF-en-noun-9q2CcPtE Categories (other): Geology Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  2. (photography) Initialism of bird in flight. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: bird in flight
    Sense id: en-BIF-en-noun-xqF0o3tg Categories (other): Photography, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 49 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 46 46 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

Symbol [Translingual]

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  1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the Burundian franc.
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Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for BIF meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)

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