Usually means: Notebook, often used in shorthand.
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We found 42 dictionaries that define the word nb:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. nb: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. NB, Nb: Merriam-Webster
  3. N.B, NB, Nb, Nb, n.b: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. NB, Nb, Nb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. n.b, nb: Collins English Dictionary
  6. N.B, NB, Nb: Vocabulary.com
  7. NB, NB, Nb, nb, nB: Wordnik
  8. NB, nb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. N.B, NB, n.b, nb, nB: Wiktionary
  10. Nb, n.b: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Nb, n.b: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. NB: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Nb, n.b, nb: Dictionary.com
  14. N.B: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. N.B, N.B. (album), NB (disambiguation), NB, N.b, Nb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. N.b, Nb: Rhymezone
  17. N.B, NB, Nb: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. n.b, nb: FreeDictionary.org
  19. n.b, nb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. N.B, N.B, NB: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Nb: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. n.b: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. NB: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. NB: Netlingo
  3. N.B, Nb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. NB: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Nb, n.b: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NB: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. N.B, NB: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  2. NB, Nb: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
  3. Nb: WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  2. N.B, NB: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NB: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

(Note: See nbing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (NB)

adjective:  Initialism of northbound. [Heading or moving in a northerly direction.]
adjective:  Initialism of non-binary. [Not binary.]
adjective:  Initialism of nonblack. [Not black in color.]
adverb:  Abbreviation of northbound. [Towards the north.]
noun:  (US, aviation) Initialism of NASA research bomber plane. (prefix code in designations)
noun:  (sports) Initialism of national best.
noun:  Abbreviation of newborn. [A recently born baby.]
noun:  Abbreviation of neuroblast. [The embryonic cell that develops into a nerve cell]
noun:  (oncology) Abbreviation of neuroblastoma. [(oncology) A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in various parts of the body]
noun:  (cytology) Initialism of nuclear body. [(cytology) A membraneless structure found in the cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells.]
noun:  (statistics) Initialism of negative binomial.
noun:  (LGBTQ) Abbreviation of non-binary. [(computing) Something which is not a binary; a computer file that is not readable text.]
noun:  (Canada) Initialism of New Brunswick, a Canadian province. [A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Fredericton.]
noun:  Abbreviation of West Nusa Tenggara, a province of Indonesia. [A province of Indonesia.]
noun:  (Hong Kong) Initialism of Narcotics Bureau.
noun:  (cricket) Initialism of no ball. [(cricket) A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.]
adjective:  Alternative form of NB (“non-binary”)
noun:  Abbreviation of nanobel. [(physics) A unit of power equal to 10⁻⁹ of a bel; abbreviated as nB]

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