brb
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
noun
Initialism of bevelled-rim bowl or bevel-rimmed bowl (“a small, undecorated, mass-produced clay bowl, most commonly from the 4th millennium B.C.”).
noun
Initialism of buckling-restrained brace: a structural brace in a building or other structure, designed to allow the building to withstand cyclical lateral loadings.
noun
noun
phrase
Alternative letter-case form of BRB.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of BRB.
Example Sentences
- "@Socrates Got off lightly, all things considered. They just want me to drink this hemlock stuff. BRB. 8.11am, March 22, 399BC"
- "To provide a more reliable source of energy dissipation, the concept of Buckling-Restrained Brace (BRB) was first developed in Japan in the early 1970s. Extensive research was since conducted in Japan and a variety of BRBs have been developed."
- "Moreover, the outer casing is filled with concrete to ensure BRB components remain separated and prevent composite action. Then, BRB brace is submitted into a concentric braced frame, producing a BRBF system."
- "The damper mega brace system adds an 8% supplemental damping that helps reduce both wind and seismic excitations. The system is made up of three braces in one (Fig. 6.31B): primary BRB brace and two external secondary BRB braces with viscous dampers at the ends (see Chapter 8, Section 8.1.10 for more details about this building)."
- "Oh, he can't message you right now. He's BRB."
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
BRBF