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B." }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "english": "certain senses only", "word": "bb" } ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] }, { "alt_of": [ { "word": "ball bearing" } ], "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "2010, Richard Hoppe, Theodore L. 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Phillips, Mack Roach, Leibel and Phillips Textbook of Radiation Oncology, page 203", "text": "Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Initialism of ball bearing." ], "links": [ [ "ball bearing", "ball bearing#English" ] ], "tags": [ "abbreviation", "alt-of", "countable", "initialism", "uncountable" ] }, { "categories": [ "en:Baseball" ], "glosses": [ "A walk; the statistic reporting the number of \"bases on balls\"." ], "links": [ [ "baseball", "baseball" ], [ "walk", "walk" ], [ "statistic", "statistic" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(baseball) A walk; the statistic reporting the number of \"bases on balls\"." ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "ball-games", "baseball", "games", "hobbies", "lifestyle", "sports" ] }, { "alt_of": [ { "word": "battleship" } ], "categories": [ "American English", "English abbreviations" ], "glosses": [ "Abbreviation of battleship." ], "links": [ [ "battleship", "battleship#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(US, navy) Abbreviation of battleship." ], "tags": [ "US", "abbreviation", "alt-of", "countable", "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "government", "military", "navy", "politics", "war" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "B.B." }, { "word": "B. B." }, { "english": "certain senses only", "word": "bb" } ], "word": "BB" } { "categories": [ "English adverbs", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English phrases", "English proper nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "English words without vowels" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "BB", "name": "en-proper noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "name", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "Big Brother" } ], "categories": [ "English initialisms" ], "glosses": [ "Initialism of Big Brother." ], "links": [ [ "Big Brother", "Big Brother#English" ] ], "tags": [ "abbreviation", "alt-of", "initialism" ] }, { "alt_of": [ { "word": "Big Bang" } ], "categories": [ "English initialisms" ], "glosses": [ "Initialism of Big Bang." ], "links": [ [ "Big Bang", "Big Bang#English" ] ], "tags": [ "abbreviation", "alt-of", "initialism" ] }, { "alt_of": [ { "word": "Bangka-Belitung" } ], "categories": [ "English initialisms" ], "glosses": [ "Initialism of Bangka-Belitung." ], "links": [ [ "Bangka-Belitung", "Bangka-Belitung#English" ] ], "tags": [ "abbreviation", "alt-of", "initialism" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "B.B." }, { "word": "B. B." }, { "english": "certain senses only", "word": "bb" } ], "word": "BB" } { "categories": [ "English adverbs", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English phrases", "English proper nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "English words without vowels" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "phrase" }, "expansion": "BB", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "phrase", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "bye bye" ], "links": [ [ "bye bye", "bye bye" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "B.B." }, { "word": "B. B." }, { "english": "certain senses only", "word": "bb" } ], "word": "BB" } { "categories": [ "English adverbs", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English phrases", "English proper nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "English words without vowels" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "adverb" }, "expansion": "BB", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "bareback; without a condom" ], "links": [ [ "bareback", "bareback" ], [ "condom", "condom" ] ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "without a condom", "word": "condomless" }, { "word": "B.B." }, { "word": "B. B." }, { "english": "certain senses only", "word": "bb" } ], "word": "BB" } { "categories": [ "English adverbs", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English phrases", "English proper nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "English words without vowels" ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "phrase" }, "expansion": "BB", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "phrase", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "best before" } ], "categories": [ "English initialisms" ], "glosses": [ "Initialism of best before." ], "links": [ [ "best before", "best-before date#English" ] ], "tags": [ "abbreviation", "alt-of", "initialism" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "B.B." }, { "word": "B. B." }, { "english": "certain senses only", "word": "bb" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "best before", "word": "MA" } ], "word": "BB" }
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