"PBR" meaning in English

See PBR in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} PBR
  1. Initialism of Professional Bull Riders, a sport, circuit, and company for bull riding. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Professional Bull Riders (extra: a sport, circuit, and company for bull riding)
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-name-HrUGrwkG
  2. Initialism of Pabst Blue Ribbon, a brand of beer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Pabst Blue Ribbon (extra: a brand of beer)
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-name-s4dKkSdM

Noun

Forms: PBRs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PBR (countable and uncountable, plural PBRs)
  1. Initialism of patrol boat, rigid, a type of river patrol boat used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: patrol boat (extra: a type of river patrol boat used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War), rigid (extra: a type of river patrol boat used by the US Navy during the Vietnam War)
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun-S8MXpGan
  2. Initialism of plastic baton round, a type of non-lethal projectile more commonly known as the plastic bullet. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: plastic baton round (extra: a type of non-lethal projectile more commonly known as the plastic bullet)
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun-z2pvpGaN
  3. (nuclear physics, engineering) Initialism of pebble-bed reactor. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: pebble-bed reactor
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun-omHLTvKD Categories (other): Engineering, Nuclear physics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 8 16 19 26 7 4 1 6 2 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 11 8 16 17 23 6 5 3 7 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 12 21 21 27 4 4 0 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 11 20 19 25 4 3 0 4 1 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (computing) Initialism of policy-based routing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: policy-based routing
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun--oTR7OUH Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (ecology) Initialism of potential biological removal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: potential biological removal
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun-onpE5lvG Categories (other): Ecology Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
  6. Initialism of point-blank range. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: point-blank range
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun--2m~QVvN
  7. (computer graphics) Initialism of physically based rendering. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: physically based rendering
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun-NlX8tuoU Categories (other): Computer graphics Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. Initialism of plant breeders' rights. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: plant breeders' rights
    Sense id: en-PBR-en-noun-5sArGThh

Inflected forms

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