"TBU" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: TBUs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TBU (plural TBUs)
  1. Initialism of tone-bearing unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: tone-bearing unit
    Sense id: en-TBU-en-noun-hF4~j7jT Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} TBU
  1. Initialism of to be updated. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: to be updated
    Sense id: en-TBU-en-phrase-1UNIX9ju

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for TBU meaning in English (1.2kB)

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