Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lbm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: lbm
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart.

noun

Initialism of long bone metastases.

noun

Initialism of lattice Boltzmann method.

noun

Initialism of loose bowel movement: diarrhea.

noun

Abbreviation of pound-mass (“unit of mass”).

Example Sentences

"He reached in and pulled out about a dozen mushrooms, shriveled and dried beyond recognition, that could have been Conocybes, Inocybes, Coprini, Psathyrellae, or any of a dozen other kinds of LBMs, mostly inedible, some mildly to seriously toxic, and one, a Galerina, deadly poisonous."
"All LBMs should be avoided as edibles."
"LBMs lack truly distinctive features that set them apart from the crowd, just like most Psilocybe mushrooms."
"Long bone metastases (LBM) are a common occurrence in patients with advanced cancer, arising in up to 70% of patients with advanced disease."
"On the moon, however the weight of a pound-mass (lb or lbm) is only about one sixth of a pound-force (lbf)."

Etymology

See lb (“pound”).

Inflected Forms

LBMs (plural) lbₘ (canonical)

Phrases

little brown job

Frequently Paired Words

little brown job lbf

Questions

What does lbm mean?: Initialism of little brown mushroom: any of a large number of small, dull-coloured agaric species that are difficult to tell apart.
Where does lbm come from?: See lb (“pound”).

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