{
  "b":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a grade rating a student's work as good but short of excellent":[],
      ": a graphic device for reproducing the letter b":[
        "the b on the laptop's keyboard"
      ],
      ": a graphic representation of this letter":[
        "in the shape of a b"
      ],
      ": one designated b especially as the second in order or class":[
        "I chose option b ."
      ],
      ": one graded or rated with a B":[
        "a b student"
      ],
      ": something shaped like the letter B":[],
      ": the one of the four ABO blood groups characterized by the presence of antigens designated by the letter B and by the presence of antibodies against the antigens present in the A blood group":[],
      ": the second letter of the English alphabet":[
        "names that begin with b"
      ],
      ": the seventh tone of a C-major scale (see scale entry 5 sense 1 )":[
        "in the key of b"
      ],
      ": the speech sound that the written letter b represents : a speech counterpart of orthographic b":[],
      "Baum\u00e9":[],
      "Bible":[],
      "British":[],
      "bachelor":[],
      "bacillus":[],
      "back":[],
      "bag":[],
      "bale":[],
      "bass":[],
      "basso":[],
      "bat":[],
      "before":[],
      "billion":[],
      "bishop":[],
      "black":[],
      "blue":[],
      "bolivar":[],
      "book":[],
      "born":[],
      "boron":[],
      "bottom":[],
      "brick":[],
      "brightness":[],
      "bulb":[],
      "butut":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "There are two b's in the word \u201cabbey.\u201d",
      "All of their children's names begin with b .",
      "a song in the key of B",
      "got a B in math"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8b\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185728",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "symbol"
    ]
  }
}