Ab Definition

ăb
noun
The eleventh month of the Jewish year.
Webster's New World
A blood type.
Webster's New World
One of the four major blood groups in the ABO system. Individuals with this blood group have both A and B antigens on the surface of their red blood cells, and no antibodies for A and B in their blood serum.
American Heritage Medicine
An abdominal muscle.
Sit-ups help strengthen the abs.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Able-bodied seaman.
American Heritage
Airman basic.
Webster's New World
Able seaman.
American Heritage
Alberta (Canada)
Webster's New World
(times) At bat.
Webster's New World
prefix
Away from.
Aboral.
American Heritage
Used to indicate an electromagnetic unit in the centimeter-gram-second system.
Abcoulomb.
American Heritage
adjective
Of or having to do with the abdominal muscles.
A tough ab workout.
Webster's New World
affix
Away, from, from off, down.
Abdicate.
Webster's New World
symbol

(metrology) Symbol for the attobel, an SI unit of sound intensity equal to 10−18 bels.

Wiktionary
suffix
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ab

Noun

Singular:
ab
Plural:
ABS

Origin of Ab

  • Latin apo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From absolute

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • L

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition