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HB
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Appendix:Variations of "hb"
English
Pronunciation
en En-au-HB.ogg AU
Adjective
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en hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil).
en 2008 w:Preeta Samarasan Evening is the Whole Day Fourth Estate 15 Suresh [...] takes his HB pencil and ruler out of their metal tin.
Noun
en astronomy en horizontal branch.
en slang seduction community en hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.
en medicine obstetrics en home birth.
en legal politics often followed by a number en house bill a bill proposed in or passed by a legislative house Compare SB.
HB2
en Abené Clayton Utah campus open carry law under fresh scrutiny after Charlie Kirk shooting w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/utah-campus-concealed-carry-permit 2025-09-14 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018015853/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/14/utah-campus-concealed-carry-permit 18 October 2026
en American football en halfback.
en gymnastics en horizontal bar.
en gymnastics en high bar.
en HB pencil.
en gymnastics en host broadcaster.
Related terms
en horizontal branch AGB BHB TRGB ZAHB
en house bill SB AB SR AR HR
Phrase
phr
en Internet slang text messaging en happy birthday.
en HBD
Verb
+ + +,~'d
en transitive Internet slang en hard-block.
en hb
en SB soft-block
en 2021-09-01 rottingca9s 1433046150244753408 Jekyll 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20210901135405/https://twitter.com/rottingca9s/status/1433046150244753408 1 September 2021
Proper noun
en Hansestadt Bremen the German city of Bremen; used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.
en Let's meet in HB tomorrow.
Related terms
en HH Hansestadt Hamburg
Anagrams
en bh B"H B&H BH
German
de:
Noun
de noun
de Switzerland de Hauptbahnhof central/main train station
de Hbf.
Further reading
HB_Hauptbahnhof
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
nb /ˈhoːbə/
nb nb-hb.ogg
nb oːbə
nb H B
Noun
nb noun
nb hjemmebrent moonshine
nb 1959 Aftenposten 7 «Mur av uvidenhet» når lensmannen vil efterforske HB. Hjemmebrenning på Auraanlegget i alle år "Wall of ignorance" when the sheriff wants to investigate HB. Moonshining at the Auraanlegg in all years
Derived terms
nb HB-apparat apparatus for distilling moonshine
Anagrams
nb BH bh
Swedish
sv:
Noun
n
sv handelsbolag general partnership
sv slang sv hembränt moonshine
sv hb
sv Har nån fixat HB? Did anyone get moonshine?
Anagrams
sv bh BH bh