Definition of "CB"

CB

noun
countable and uncountable, plural CBs
1. Initialism of citizens' band.
2. Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
3. Initialism of competition best or championship best.
4. Initialism of conduction band.
5. (military, nautical) Initialism of battlecruiser.
6. (military) Initialism of construction battalion.
7. (Britain military) Initialism of confined to barracks.
8. Initialism of continental breakfast.
9. (soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position
10. (soccer) Initialism of cornerback.
11. (textiles, sewing) Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing
12. (cytology) Initialism of Cajal body.
13. (Singapore) Initialism of circuit breaker.
14. Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
15. (speedrunning, initialism) Initialism of cruise boost.
adjective
1. (military, initialism) confined to barracks (a punishment in the army).
  Quotations
  ‘Twenty days C.B.,’ said one. ‘Twenty years, more likely,’ said another.
  1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 133
2. Initialism of chemical and biological.
proper noun
1. (Canada) Initialism of Cape Breton.