b.w.
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Definitions of b.w. word
- adjective b.w. (of a motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.) black and white, as distinguished from color. 1
- noun b.w. warfare that makes use of bacteria, viruses, toxins, etc., to disable or destroy people, domestic animals, and food crops. Abbreviation: B.W. 1
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Origin of b.w.
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
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Parts of speech for B.w.
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
b.w. popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".