CCC

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Initialism of countercurrent chromatography.

CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounCCC (countable and uncountable, plural CCCs)

plural CCCs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismphysicaluncountableanalytical chemistrychemistryInitialism of countercurrent chromatography.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of County Cricket Club.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Climate Change Committee.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Copyright Clearance Center.
  3. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Civilian Conservation Corps.

    We climbed up into the cove hardwood along a CCC path laid by unemployed boys not much older than Robin.

    2021, Richard Powers, Bewilderment, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 17
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    The CCC would restore the soil health of farmlands in the Heartland and power the Colorado River by constructing the Hoover Dam. Their work transformed the very landscape of America.

    2023 September 24, Michael D. Smith, “Opinion: Biden’s American Climate Corps could be the lasting legacy of this generation”, in CNN
  4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Chaos Computer Club.
  5. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of California Conservation Corps.
  6. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Crime and Corruption Commission.
  7. abbreviationinitialismOxford UniversityInitialism of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
  8. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Council of Conservative Citizens.
  9. ZimbabweabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Citizens Coalition for Change.
  10. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Civilian Climate Corps.

    “The CCC is about saving the planet, but it’s also about making the planet a place where people feel it’s actually worth saving,” Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, who is leading the Civilian Climate Corps push in the Senate, told CNN.

    2021 September 28, Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, “Democrats say a Civilian Climate Corps will create jobs. Here’s how it could work.”, in CNN
  11. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of CONCACAF Champions Cup

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebeing one hundred more than two hundred

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“CCC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CCC. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “CCC,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/CCC.

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