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ball-and-socket joint (type of joint)
noun
[UK: bɔːl ənd ˈsɒkɪt dʒɔɪnt]
[US: ˈbɒl ænd ˈsɑːkət ˌdʒɔɪnt]

(Nynorsk) kuleleddnoun

band [bands] (group of musicians)
noun
[UK: bænd]
[US: ˈbænd]

(Nynorsk) bandnoun
{n}, korPlS {n}

band [bands] (group of people loosely united for a common purpose)
noun
[UK: bænd]
[US: ˈbænd]

(Bokmål) bandenoun
{m}

band [bands] (orchestra originally playing janissary music)
noun
[UK: bænd]
[US: ˈbænd]

(Bokmål) korpsnoun
{n}

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
{n}

band [bands] (strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached)
noun
[UK: bænd]
[US: ˈbænd]

(Bokmål) bindnoun
{n}

band [bands] (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together)
noun
[UK: bænd]
[US: ˈbænd]

(Bokmål) bandnoun
{n}, bånd {n}

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
{n}

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
{n}

bandage [bandages] (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar)
noun
[UK: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ]
[US: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ]

(Bokmål) bandasjenoun
{m}

(Nynorsk) bandasjenoun
{m}

bandage [bandaged, bandaging, bandages] (to apply a bandage to something)
verb
[UK: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ]
[US: ˈbæn.dɪdʒ]

(Bokmål) bandasjereverb

bandit [bandits] (one who robs others)
noun
[UK: ˈbæn.dɪt]
[US: ˈbæn.dət]

(Bokmål) bandittnoun
{m}

bandolier [bandoliers] (an ammunition belt)
noun
[UK: ˌbæn.də.ˈlɪə(r)]
[US: ˌbæn.də.ˈlɪr]

bandolærnoun
{n}

bandwidth [bandwidths] (width of a frequency band)
noun
[UK: ˈbæn.dwɪdθ]
[US: ˈbæn.dwədθ]

(Bokmål) båndbreddenoun
{m}

(Nynorsk) bandbreiddnoun
{f}

bandy (winter sport played on ice)
noun
[UK: ˈbæn.di]
[US: ˈbæn.di]

bandynoun
{c}

Barents Island (island)
proper noun

Barentsøyaproper noun

Bear Island (island of the Svalbard archipelago)
proper noun

(Nynorsk) Bjørnøyaproper noun
{f}, Bjørnøyi {f}

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
{n}

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

(Bokmål) bak hver vellykket mann står en kvinnephrase

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
{m} {f}

(Nynorsk) taljenoun
{f}

blood, sweat and tears (person's determination and hard work)
noun

(Bokmål) blod, svette og tårernoun

(Nynorsk) blod, sveitte og tårernoun

borderland [borderlands] (land near a border)
noun
[UK: ˈbɔː.də.lænd]
[US: ˈbɔːr.də.lænd]

(Bokmål) grenselandnoun
{n}

(Nynorsk) grenselandnoun
{n}

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
{n}

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