"JCB" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} JCB
  1. Initialism of Joint Configuration Board. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Joint Configuration Board
    Sense id: en-JCB-en-name-NcfQMQsY
  2. Initialism of Japan Credit Bureau. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Japan Credit Bureau
    Sense id: en-JCB-en-name-R6gGVRK5 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 3 13 38 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (earthmoving machine): jac codi baw [masculine] (Welsh), JCB [masculine] (Welsh)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'earthmoving machine': 0 0

Noun

Forms: JCBs [plural]
Etymology: From the initials of the company founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|eponyms}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} JCB (plural JCBs)
  1. (Britain, India, Ireland) An earthmoving machine made by the J. C. Bamford (JCB) company. Tags: Britain, India, Ireland Related terms: Bobcat, bobcat, cat, Cat, caterpillar, Caterpillar, Deere, deere, John Deere
    Sense id: en-JCB-en-noun-rAa5qjdu Categories (other): British English, Indian English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 26 45 14 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 3 13 38 45
  2. (through trademark erosion) any backhoe/endloader combination, or similar machinery.
    Sense id: en-JCB-en-noun-bYug8B1C Categories (other): English genericized trademarks, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 3 13 38 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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