# SB
## Translingual
### Symbol

SB
* (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Solomon Islands.
    Synonym: SLB (alpha-3)

## English
### Etymology

Initialisms.

### Proper noun

SB
* Initialism of Special Branch.
** 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 181:The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.
* (linguistics) Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

### Noun

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)
* (medicine) Initialism of stretcher bearer.
* (sports) Initialism of season best. (this season's personal best).
* (baseball) Abbreviation of stolen base.; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
* (electronics, communication) Sideband.
* Abbreviation of sexbot.
* (law, politics, often followed by a number) Initialism of senate bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a senate”). (Compare HB.)
    SB5
** 2024 December 25, Devin Trubey, “California to remove restrictions on ADUs, add enforcement if cities don't comply with housing laws”, in ABC10‎:SB 1211 was signed into law to streamline the process and takes effect in January. Currently you can have no more than two ADUs on a property, but the new law increases the limit to eight.
* (law, politics) Initialism of state bill.
* (oenology, wine) Initialism of Sauvignon blanc.
* (nautical, maritime) Initialism of sailing barge.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (sailing) SV, SY
    Coordinate term: (barge) MB
* (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steam barge.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS
    Coordinate term: (barge) MB
* (nautical, maritime) Initialism of steamboat.
    Alternative forms: S.B., S. B.
    Coordinate terms: (steam) SS, SL, PS, TS
    Coordinate term: (boat) MB

#### Derived terms

* DSB
* SSB
* VSB

#### Related terms

* AB
* AR
* HB
* HR
* SR
* OB
* PB
* WB

### Adjective

SB (not comparable)
* Initialism of southbound.
    Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

### Adverb

SB (not comparable)
* Initialism of southbound.
    Coordinate terms: NB, EB, WB

### Verb

SB (third-person singular simple present SBs, present participle SBing, simple past and past participle SBed or SB'd)
* (transitive, Internet slang) To soft-block.
    Coordinate term: HB (“hard-block”)
    Alternative form: sb
** 2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter‎:i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh

### Anagrams

* B&S, B's, B. S., B.S., BS, BS., Bs, B−'s, B♭s, B♯s, b's, b******s, bs

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of SB – see 傻屄 (“stupid cunt; stupid cunt; tard; dumbfuck, piece of shit; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 傻屄).

## German
### Noun

SB f (genitive SB, plural SBen)
* Acronym of Selbstbedienung.

## Romanian
### Proper noun

SB
* Abbreviation of Sibiu, a county in Romania.

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔesbi/ [ˈʔɛs.bɪ]
* Rhymes: -esbi

### Proper noun

SB
* Initialism of Sangguniang Bayan.

#### See also

* SK

### Noun

SB
* Initialism of Batsilyer sa Siyensiya. BS; BSc

### Further reading

* “SB”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018