CB

CB (or derivative) may refer to:

Architectural/engineering

• Block coefficient (Cb), determining fullness of ship's hull
• Chrysler Building, a skyscraper in New York City, New York
• Concrete block/cinder block, also breeze block [UK], foundation block [US], see concrete masonry unit (CMU)

Business

• Carte Bancaire, a bank card brand
• Cell Broadcast in GSM networks
• Christianssands Bryggeri, a Norwegian brewery
• Coldwell Banker, a real estate franchise

Geo-political

• Cambodia, FIPS Pub 10-4 country code and obsolete NATO digram
• CB postcode area, British post code for eastern England served by the Cambridge postal sorting office
• Children's Bureau, a federal agency within the Administration For Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
• Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, a scholarship for youth exchange between the United States and Germany
• ScotAirways, IATA airport code
• Campbell-Bannerman, a British politician
• Casus belli, a Latin expression meaning reason for war

Honours and awards (civil and military)

• Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a title and order conferred to British and Commonwealth citizens in recognition of conspicuous service to the Crown.

Military

• Construction Battalion, a United States Navy unit responsible for constructing airstrips and roadways, popularly known as "Seabees"
• Large Cruiser, retired US Navy hull classification symbol
• CB (submarine) WW2 Italian Midget submarine

Popular culture

• C.B. Forgotston, Louisiana political activist and pundit
• Cold beer, an abbreviation commonly used by fraternity members in the Southeastern United States
• Corned beef, a cut of beef cured or pickled in a seasoned brine
• Cowboy Bebop, an anime and manga series
• Chris Brown (entertainer), an R&B artist
• Crash Bandicoot, a series of video games and its eponymous main character
• Cara-Beth Burnside, a pioneer of women's professional skateboarding and snowboarding
• Chastity belt, a locking item of clothing designed to prevent sexual intercourse
• Care Bears, a set of characters appearing on greeting cards and in other media
• Cracker Barrel, a national restaurant chain
• Chef Boyardee, canned food
• C.U. Burn, a cult Irish-language TV comedy series featuring sibling funeral directors and their rundown crematorium
• Cliff Burton second bassist of Metallica
• Chuck Bass from the CW Network series Gossip Girl.
• Chuck Berry 1950s Blues Guitarist
• Chris Bosh, an American basketball player who plays for the Miami Heat
• Chester Bennington, the lead vocalist of the American rock band Linkin Park
• Charlie Brown, the main character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.
• The Chemical Brothers, British electronic music act

Roads

• Centura Bucureşti, Bucharest Ring road, Romania

Science and medical

• Cannabinoids, a group of substances that bind to animal cannabinoid receptors
• Columbium, an obsolete abbreviation (now known as niobium)
• Critical bands, the frequency bandwidths of human auditory filters
• Cumulonimbus cloud, a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather

Sports

• Charles Barkley, a professional basketball player
• Chicago Bulls, a professional basketball team playing in the NBA
• Cleveland Browns, a team in the National Football League
• Chicago Bears, a team in the National Football League
• Chris Benoit, a Canadian professional wrestler, famous for his work in WCW and WWE
• Centre-back, a defensive position in association football
• Cornerback, a position in American football
• Chris Bosh, a professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat

Technology

• Citizens' band radio, a system of short-distance radio communications
• Closed Beta, a software development stage or testing process
• Circuit breaker