db
IPA: db
Root Word: DB
noun
- (in place name histories) Domesday Book
- Initialism of dead body.
- (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive back. [(American football, Canadian football) Collective term for the defensive players who are in position farthest from the ball at the start of a play and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes. Includes cornerbacks and safeties in both codes, and defensive halfbacks in the Canadian game.]
- (databases) Initialism of database. [(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.]
- (US, military) Initialism of depot brigade.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined benefits.
- (television) Initialism of delayed broadcast.
- Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication
- Initialism of diplomatic bag. [A container with letters etc from representatives of a given country to another country, which has immunity from examination by customs officials.]
- (rail transport) Initialism of Deutsche Bahn. (German Railways). Previously used by its predecessor, Deutsche Bundesbahn.
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Examples of "db" in Sentences
- The attenuations are calibrated in dB.
- I have changed the db tag to db person.
- I then changed it from DB ad to DB person.
- And it should be db bio or db music, not db ad.
- For example, db group is a redirect to db club.
- Borderline speedy candidate as db group and db empty.
- I considered db advertising, db test and db vandalism.
- A db attack would expedite the process of deleting the article.
- Really, there should be a db place, and db game, or for that fact, db other.
- A judgment call, but it doesn't seem to be db context, db vandalism or db spam.
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