"KAB" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: KABs [plural]
Etymology: In the sense "guided bomb", from Russian КАБ (KAB) or sometimes Ukrainian КАБ (KAB), from Russian корректируемых авиационных бомб (korrektirujemyx aviacionnyx bomb) and Ukrainian корегованих авіаційних бомб (korehovanyx aviacijnyx bomb). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|КАБ}} Russian КАБ (KAB), {{bor|en|uk|КАБ}} Ukrainian КАБ (KAB), {{m+|ru|корректируемых авиационных бомб}} Russian корректируемых авиационных бомб (korrektirujemyx aviacionnyx bomb), {{m+|uk|корегованих авіаційних бомб}} Ukrainian корегованих авіаційних бомб (korehovanyx aviacijnyx bomb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} KAB (plural KABs)
  1. (automotive) Initialism of knee airbag. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: knee airbag Hypernyms: AB (alt: airbag), SRS Coordinate_terms: knee, air, bag, airbag
    Sense id: en-KAB-en-noun--tLnjY0x Categories (other): Automotive Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
  2. A guided bomb (GBU), in a Soviet or post-Soviet (especially Russian or Ukrainian) military context.
    Sense id: en-KAB-en-noun-xdD~Ardh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76

Inflected forms

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