Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ndb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables: ndb
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of non-directional beacon, a type of radiobeacon used in air navigation which transmits an omnidirectional radio signal containing no encoded information about the direction from an aircraft to the beacon.

noun

Initialism of nuclear depth bomb.

Inflected Forms

NDBs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does ndb mean?: Initialism of non-directional beacon, a type of radiobeacon used in air navigation which transmits an omnidirectional radio signal containing no encoded information about the direction from an aircraft to the beacon.

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