Definition of "CBD"

CBD

noun
countable and uncountable, plural CBDs or CBD's
1. Initialism of case-based discussion.
2. Initialism of central business district.
3. Initialism of consortium board of directors.
4. (software engineering) Initialism of component-based development.
5. (military) Initialism of chemical and biological defence.
6. (hairdressing) Initialism of cut and blow-dry.
7. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of cannabidiol.
  Quotations
  It’s hard to say the precise moment when CBD, the voguish cannabis derivative, went from being a fidget spinner alternative for stoners to a mainstream panacea.
  2018 October 27, Alex Williams, “Why Is CBD Everywhere?”, in The New York Times‎
  “It is a kind of a new snake oil in the sense that there are a lot of claims and not so much evidence,” said Dustin Lee, an assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University who is planning a human trial of CBD for use in quitting smoking.
  2019 February 25, Roni Caryn Rabin, quoting Dustin Lee, “CBD Is Everywhere, but Scientists Still Don’t Know Much About It”, in The New York Times‎
8. (anatomy) Initialism of common bile duct.
9. (pathology) Initialism of corticobasal degeneration.