"ABV" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ABVs [plural], abv [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ABV (usually uncountable, plural ABVs)
  1. Initialism of alcohol by volume. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: alcohol by volume
    Sense id: en-ABV-en-noun-6RlxRP3e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 5 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 3 52
  2. Initialism of American-born Vietnamese. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: American-born Vietnamese
    Sense id: en-ABV-en-noun-1KrZngnA

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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