pb

Other forms of pb

plural

pbs·

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 pb

What does pb mean?

pb means "a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pb?

pb has 1 syllable: pb.

What is another word for pb?

Close synonyms include lead, atomic number 82, petabit, Pbit, petabyte. 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 pb a common word?

pb 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.