HB

See also: hb, Hb., ḥb, and ḫb

English

Proper noun

HB

  1. Initialism of Hansestadt Bremen. The German city of Bremen. (Used on licence plates and informally in other contexts.)
    Let's meet in HB tomorrow.

Adjective

HB (not comparable)

  1. hard black (describing a pencil that makes lighter marks than a grade B, but darker marks than a grade H pencil)

Noun

HB (plural HBs)

  1. (stars) Abbreviation of horizontal branch.
  2. (slang, seduction community) A hot babe, someone pickup artists try to seduce. (Usually followed by a number in the 1-10 scale of physical beauty, e.g. HB10.)
  3. (health) Initialism of homebirth.
  • ZAHB (zero-age horizontal branch)
  • BHB (blue horizontal branch)
  • AGB (asymptotic giant branch)
  • TRGB (tip of the red giant branch)

Anagrams

German

Abbreviation

HB

  1. (Switzerland) Hauptbahnhof (main train station)

Synonyms

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