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ball-and-socket joint (type of joint) noun [UK: bɔːl ənd ˈsɒkɪt dʒɔɪnt] [US: ˈbɒl ænd ˈsɑːkət ˌdʒɔɪnt] | |
band [bands] (group of musicians) noun [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | (Nynorsk) bandnoun |
band [bands] (group of people loosely united for a common purpose) noun [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | (Bokmål) bandenoun |
band [bands] (orchestra originally playing janissary music) noun [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | (Bokmål) korpsnoun |
band [banded, banding, bands] (ornithology: to fasten an identifying band around the leg of) verb [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | ringmerkeverb |
band [bands] (part of radio spectrum) noun [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | båndnoun |
band [bands] (strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached) noun [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | (Bokmål) bindnoun |
band [bands] (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together) noun [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | (Bokmål) bandnoun |
band [banded, banding, bands] (to fasten with a band) verb [UK: bænd] [US: ˈbænd] | bindeverb |
band-aid (adhesive bandage) noun [UK: bænd eɪd] [US: ˈbænd ˈeɪd] | (Bokmål) plasternoun |
band-aid (to apply an adhesive bandage) verb [UK: bænd eɪd] [US: ˈbænd ˈeɪd] | plastreverb |
bandage [bandages] (figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution) noun [UK: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ] [US: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ] | (Bokmål) plasternoun |
bandage [bandages] (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) noun [UK: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ] [US: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ] | (Bokmål) bandasjenoun (Nynorsk) bandasjenoun |
bandage [bandaged, bandaging, bandages] (to apply a bandage to something) verb [UK: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ] [US: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ] | |
bandit [bandits] (one who robs others) noun [UK: ˈbæn.dɪt] [US: ˈbæn.dət] | (Bokmål) bandittnoun |
bandolier [bandoliers] (an ammunition belt) noun [UK: ˌbæn.də.ˈlɪə(r)] [US: ˌbæn.də.ˈlɪr] | bandolærnoun |
bandwidth [bandwidths] (width of a frequency band) noun [UK: ˈbæn.dwɪdθ] [US: ˈbæn.dwədθ] | (Bokmål) båndbreddenoun (Nynorsk) bandbreiddnoun |
bandy (winter sport played on ice) noun [UK: ˈbæn.di] [US: ˈbæn.di] | bandynoun |
Barents Island (island) proper noun | Barentsøyaproper noun |
Bear Island (island of the Svalbard archipelago) proper noun | (Nynorsk) Bjørnøyaproper noun |
Bechuanaland (former name for Botswana) proper noun | Protektoratet Bechuanalandproper noun |
bed and breakfast (guesthouse providing breakfast) noun [UK: bed ənd ˈbrek.fəst] [US: ˈbed ænd ˈbrek.fəst] | pensjonatnoun |
beforehand (at an earlier time) adverb [UK: bɪ.ˈfɔː.hænd] [US: bɪ.ˈfɔːr.hænd] | (Bokmål) på forhånd, i forveien, i forvegenadverb i forkantadverb |
behind every successful man there stands a woman (men's success often depends on the support and work and support of their wives for female partners) phrase | |
between a rock and a hard place (in a difficult and inescapable position) preposition | (Bokmål) mellom barken og veden (between the tree and the bark)preposition (Nynorsk) mellom borken og veden (between the tree and the bark)preposition |
black-and-white (using shades of grey/gray) adjective [UK: blæk ənd waɪt] [US: ˈblæk ænd ˈwaɪt] | (Bokmål) svarthvit, svartkvitadjective (Nynorsk) svartkvitadjective |
bland [blander, blandest] (lacking in taste or flavor) adjective [UK: blænd] [US: ˈblænd] | (Bokmål) smakløs, intetsigendeadjective |
bland [blander, blandest] (lacking in vigor) adjective [UK: blænd] [US: ˈblænd] | (Bokmål)adjective |
block and tackle (system of several pulleys) noun [UK: ˈblɒk ənd ˈtæk.l̩] [US: ˈblɑːk ænd ˈtæk.l̩] | (Bokmål) taljenoun (Nynorsk) taljenoun |
blood, sweat and tears (person's determination and hard work) noun | |
borderland [borderlands] (land near a border) noun [UK: ˈbɔː.də.lænd] [US: ˈbɔːr.də.lænd] | (Bokmål) grenselandnoun (Nynorsk) grenselandnoun |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (country on the Balkan peninsula) proper noun [UK: ˈbɑːz.niə ənd ˌhert.səɡo.ˈviː.nə] [US: ˈbɑːz.niə ænd ˌhert.səɡo.ˈviː.nə] | (Bokmål) Bosnia-Hercegovinaproper noun |