Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pbf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
pbf
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

purl into back and front of same stitch

adj

Of an infant, fed with both breast milk and formula.

noun

Partial breastfeeding.

Uncountable

verb

Of an infant, to be fed with both breast milk and formula.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Initialism of partially breastfed or partial breastfeeding; by analogy with EBF.

Usage

Inflected Forms

PBFs (present, singular) PBFing (participle, present) PBFed (participle, past) PBFed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

EBF

Questions

What does pbf mean?
purl into back and front of same stitch
Where does pbf come from?
Initialism of partially breastfed or partial breastfeeding; by analogy with EBF.

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