Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hbc

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: hbc
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of health and beauty care.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of hormonal birth control.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of hit by car.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Abbreviation of hexabenzocoronene.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Initialism of Hudson's Bay Company, a major Canadian retailer and former British Crown corporation on the North American fur trade.

Canadian usage

Example Sentences

"Many ships played important roles in the HBC history. They maintained order and carried on trade with Alaska. On the West Coast those most familiar were the steamer Beaver and the schooner Cadboro, both armed with cannon."

Usage

Inflected Forms

HBCs (plural)

Questions

What does hbc mean?: Initialism of health and beauty care.

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