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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation linebacker

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of Latin libra, pound, used as a symbol for pound in weight. Sometimes written lb.
  • noun In cricket, an abbreviation of leg before wicket. A batsman is out leg before wicket if with any part of his person he stops a ball which, in the opinion of the umpire at the bowler's wicket, has been pitched in a straight line from it to the striker's wicket and would have hit it.

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  • noun The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Lebanon.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 16 ounces avoirdupois

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Examples

  • Andrea had given him the name LB, short for Little Bastard, after the monster had got into the bathroom and managed to hunt down and rip apart an expensive tube of shampoo.

    The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007

  • Andrea had given him the name LB, short for Little Bastard, after the monster had got into the bathroom and managed to hunt down and rip apart an expensive tube of shampoo.

    The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007

  • Andrea had given him the name LB, short for Little Bastard, after the monster had got into the bathroom and managed to hunt down and rip apart an expensive tube of shampoo.

    The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007

  • USA TODAY's defensive player of the year in LB Manti Te'o, has announced that he signed a letter of intent to play for Charlie Weis and the Fighting Irish.

    Signing Day 2009: LSU, 'Bama share wealth with top classes 2009

  • Given that it flows through the one LibDem ward in LB Greenwich, and three LibDem wards in LB Lewisham, it's a good LibDem river in its lower parts, though I'm afraid throughly Tory in the upper reaches (even the bit which re-enters LB Lewisham) # posted by mhuntbach: 09 January, 2009 09: 48

    Lost rivers of London to be reclaimed 2009

  • I called LB and she told me later that she actually had to hold the phone away from her ear to listen to me.

    Jump Up and Shouuuuut Now. « Hilarity Ensues 2009

  • USATODAY. com - Titans picked a good year to be in LB market

    USATODAY.com - Titans picked a good year to be in LB market 2006

  • I wrote a bit about the last year, and this year upcoming, for the Minority Government, over on LB (in LB style, of course - had to have some fun with it).

    flags encore 2005

  • Normally the reads involve assigning gaps; knowing what techniques are favored by, or best suit particular D-lineman can help in judging the accuracy of the calls a LB might make.

    Mile High Report 2009

  • Arizona State loses a handful of standouts, such as DE Dexter Davis, LB Mike Nixon, RB Dimitri Nance, WR Chris McGaha, WR Kyle Williams and OT Shawn Lauvao, but does have defensive centerpieces in LB Vontaze Burfict and DT Lawrence Guy.

    Arizona State - Team Notes 2010

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