"JCB" meaning in English

See JCB in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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 Categories (other): English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 15 21 36 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 21 31 31 17
  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 genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 15 21 36 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 21 31 31 17
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': 41 59

Noun

Forms: JCBs [plural]
Etymology: From the initials of the company founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford. Head templates: {{en-noun}} JCB (plural JCBs)
  1. (UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) An earthmoving machine made by the J. C. Bamford (JCB) company. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
    Sense id: en-JCB-en-noun-rAa5qjdu Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 33 16 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 15 21 36 29 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 17 27 39 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 29 37 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 21 31 31 17
  2. (through trademark erosion) any backhoe/endloader combination, or similar machinery. Coordinate_terms: Cat, cat, caterpillar, Bobcat, bobcat, John Deere, Deere
    Sense id: en-JCB-en-noun-bYug8B1C Categories (other): English genericized trademarks, English genericized trademarks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 15 21 36 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 28 33 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 21 31 31 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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