"lesb" meaning in English

See lesb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lesb (not comparable)
  1. (colloquial) Abbreviation of lesbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, not-comparable Alternative form of: lesbian Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-lesb-en-adj-XPBDbprX Disambiguation of LGBT: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Noun

Forms: lesbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lesb (plural lesbs)
  1. (colloquial) Abbreviation of lesbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: lesbian Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-lesb-en-noun-XPBDbprX Disambiguation of LGBT: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lesb meaning in English (3.2kB)

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