ob
IPA: ʌb
noun
- (historical) a halfpenny
- (archaic) an objection
- (genetics) the obese gene
- (meteorology) observation
- A river in Russia; the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers.
- (sports) Initialism of Olympic best.
- (television, radio) Initialism of outside broadcast.
- Initialism of old boy. (male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male) [(chiefly Britain) An alumnus, especially of a public school.]
- Abbreviation of obstetrician. [(medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth.]
- Abbreviation of obstetrics. [(medicine) The care of women during and after pregnancy.]
- Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. [The historical period of the First Babylonian Dynasty.]
adjective
- Abbreviation of obstetric. [Of or relating to obstetrics (the care of women during and after pregnancy).]
- (golf) Initialism of out of bounds.
- Abbreviation of obligatory. (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-) [Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.]
- Abbreviation of Old Babylonian.
Examples of "ob" in Sentences
- Ob la di ob la da by The Beatles.
- The abbreviation OB is used at the school.
- It is the people of OB that are not neutral.
- The Irtysh is the major tributary of the Ob.
- The Katun and the Biya together form the Ob.
- Jesse was the son of Obed and the grandson of Ruth.
- It is a right tributary of the Irtysh River of the Ob basin.
- The line separates the upper basins of the Ob and Yenisei Rivers.
- She was awarded the OBE in 1991 for 'services to the art of cookery'.
- The majority of the district's inhabited localities are located along the Ob.