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b and w

or B and W, b&w, B&W

adjective

  1. (of a motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.) black and white, as distinguished from color.


noun

  1. a black and white motion picture, photograph, drawing, etc.

B & W

abbreviation for

  1. black and white


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Word History and Origins

Origin of b and w1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

John B. Stetson was born in 1830 in New Jersey, the son of a hat maker.

Just another example of a guy in a John B. Stetson hat saving the day.

Liz G., one half of “Publizity” [the other half of which, Liz B, is played by Jenny Slate] is one of the best on the show.

Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.

More, Queen B officially became the most Grammy-nominated woman of all time.

Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).

A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.

(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.

The usual forms are: (a) Ammoniomagnesium phosphate crystals; (b) acid calcium phosphate crystals; and (c) amorphous phosphates.

Aunty Rosa sat him upon a table and told him that A B meant ab.

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