"HBA" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: HBAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HBA (countable and uncountable, plural HBAs)
  1. (countable) Abbreviation of health-and-beauty aid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: health-and-beauty aid
    Sense id: en-HBA-en-noun-ijiRzMH7
  2. (uncountable) Initialism of honour-based abuse. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: honour-based abuse
    Sense id: en-HBA-en-noun-SLrAQibm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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