db

Other forms of db

plural

dbs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about db

What does db mean?

db means "a transuranic element". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in db?

db has 1 syllable: db.

What is another word for db?

Close synonyms include dubnium, hahnium, element 105, atomic number 105, decibel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is db a common word?

db is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.