cbc

Everyday

1. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's public radio and TV broadcaster (in French: Radio-Canada). tree →
2. (medicine) A complete blood count, a common blood test that counts the different kinds of cells in your blood. tree →

In the lessons

In Canada, children know CBC for news, radio and kids' shows (CBC Kids); it is like the BBC in the UK or the ABC in Australia. In health, a doctor may order a CBC to check for illness. It is an abbreviation, not a word.

Examples

• We watched the news on CBC. (Canada) tree →
• CBC Kids has lots of cartoons. tree →
• The doctor ordered a CBC blood test. tree →
• CBC is Canada's public broadcaster, like the BBC. tree →
• My aunt works for CBC radio in Toronto. tree →
• A CBC counts red cells, white cells and platelets. tree →

Note

An abbreviation, written in capital letters: CBC, said letter by letter «see-bee-see». The input is lower case only because of the word list. Not to be confused with the BBC (UK) or the ABC (Australia).