Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

db

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: db
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of dead body.

noun

Initialism of defensive back.

noun

Initialism of database.

noun

Initialism of depot brigade.

American usage

noun

Initialism of defined benefits.

British usage

noun

Initialism of delayed broadcast.

noun

Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication.

noun

Initialism of diplomatic bag.

Example Sentences

"With an extra-long weekend before Christmas and New Year's Day coming up, the police of motorized, subwayless Los Angeles had learned by experience to expect plenty of wrecked cars and DBs (dead bodies) on their hands."
"Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and head of the country’s foreign exchange regulator, chaired a symposium with representatives from foreign companies, including JP Morgan, Tesla (TSLA), HSBC (HSBC), Deutsche Bank (DB), BNP Paribas, Japan’s MUFG Bank, German chemical producer BASF, commodities trader Trafigura and Schneider Electric, according to a statement posted on the websites of the PBOC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)."

Usage

American usage
British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

DBs (plural)

Derived Forms

DBMS DDBMS ODBC OODBMS ORDBMS RDBMS

Synonyms

decibel dubnium hahnium element 105 atomic number 105

Questions

What does db mean?: Initialism of dead body.

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