BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
Does your electric blanket conform to BS 3456?
2.
A BS is the same as a BSc.
[US]
3. uncountable noun
If you describe something as BS, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue. BS is an abbreviation for 'bullshit'.
[mainly US, informal, rude, disapproval]
A lot of what he's been hearing from the federal government is, quote, BS.
bs in British English
the internet domain name for
Bahamas
BS in British English
abbreviation for
1.
Bachelor of Surgery
2.
British Standard(s) (indicating the catalogue or publication number of the British Standards Institution)
3.
Bahamas (international car registration)
B.S. in British English
abbreviation for(in the US and Canada)
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science in British English
noun
1.
a degree conferred on a person who has successfully completed his or her undergraduate studies in a branch of the sciences
2.
a person who holds this degree
BS in American English
1.
Bachelor of Science
: also B.S.
2. Slang
bullshit
bs in American English
1.
balance sheet
2.
bill of sale
3. Slang
bullshit
Examples of 'bs' in a sentence
bs
The Grade As in fact became very civil and as the war drew to a close the Grade Bs began to abandon their sullen neutrality.
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Word lists with
bs
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All related terms of 'BS'
b
B is the second letter of the English alphabet.
B&B
B &B is the same as → bed and breakfast .
B & B
bed and breakfast
barn
A barn is a building on a farm in which crops or animal food can be kept .
bel
a unit for comparing two power levels, equal to the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the two powers
Bs/L
bills of lading
ASA/BS
an obsolete expression of the speed of a photographic film, replaced by the ISO rating
B/L
bill of lading
R&B
R & B is a style of popular music developed in the 1940s from blues music, but using electrically amplified instruments . R&B is an abbreviation for ' rhythm and blues'.
Type B
a personality type characterized by serenity , relaxation , amiability, etc., traits thought to make one less susceptible to heart attacks
Linear B
an ancient system of writing, apparently a modified form of Linear A, found on clay tablets and jars of the second millennium bc The earliest excavated examples, dating from about 1400, came from Knossos , in Crete , but all the later finds are at Pylos and Mycenae on the Greek mainland , dating from the 14th–12th centuries. The script is generally accepted as being an early representation of Mycenaean Greek
Sirius B
a very faint white dwarf star, companion to Sirius , the brightest star in the sky after the sun
Zyklon B
a former tradename for an insecticidal fumigant consisting chiefly of hydrogen cyanide ; used by the Nazis in World War II as a lethal gas in the death camps
hepatitis B
a form of hepatitis caused by a virus transmitted by infected blood (as in transfusions ), contaminated hypodermic needles , sexual contact , or by contact with any other body fluid
Tocharian B
the western dialect of Tocharian
R & B
rhythm and blues
rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues is a style of popular music developed in the 1940's from blues music, but using electrically amplified instruments . The abbreviation → R&B is also used.