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hb
noun 5verb 2name 1adj 1phrase 1
Collocations
3VERB + HB
answers, let's, meet, takes
HB + NOUN
firearms, ruler
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
name
1
Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen, the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.
Let's meet in HB tomorrow.
adj
1
Initialism of hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin.
noun
1
Initialism of horizontal branch.
2
Initialism of hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
3
Initialism of home birth.
4
Initialism of house bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house”) (Compare SB.)
HB2
Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses.
5
Initialism of halfback.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blo
- hemoglobin
- haemoglobin
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Let's meet in HB tomorrow.
Wiktionary02
Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin.
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HB2
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Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses.
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i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh
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Blacken the circles next to the correct answers with an HB pencil.
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