"CBC" meaning in English

See CBC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} CBC (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of childless/child-free by choice. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: childless/child-free by choice
    Sense id: en-CBC-en-adj-OF7oTqYq

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} CBC
  1. (Canada, television, radio) Initialism of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Categories (topical): Radio, Television Related terms (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation): CTV
    Sense id: en-CBC-en-name-K1YoZhQ1 Categories (other): Canadian English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television Disambiguation of 'Canadian Broadcasting Corporation': 80 14 6
  2. (Japan, television, radio) Initialism of Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company. Tags: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Company Categories (topical): Radio, Television
  3. (US) Initialism of Congressional Black Caucus. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Congressional Black Caucus

Noun

Forms: CBCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} CBC (plural CBCs)
  1. (Canada, US) Initialism of Canadian-born Chinese. Tags: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Canadian-born Chinese Related terms (Canadian-born Chinese): ABC
    Sense id: en-CBC-en-noun-NDyO0rRy Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'Canadian-born Chinese': 100 0
  2. (medicine) Initialism of complete blood count. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: complete blood count Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-CBC-en-noun-LvERzj13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 19 23 9 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 19 21 21 4 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 18 21 22 3 34 Topics: medicine, sciences

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