pbf

P3B3F4

verb

purl into back and front of same stitch

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Meanings

pbf1

verb
  1. businesspurl into back and front of same stitch

    Row 3. P1, yb, sl1 purlwise, yf, pbf, p1.

    1997, Jo Sharp, Knitted sweater style: inspirations in color, page 62

PBF2

adjectivePBF (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf an infant, fed with both breast milk and formula.
nounPBF (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePartial breastfeeding.
verbPBF (third-person singular simple present PBFs, present participle PBFing, simple past and past participle PBFed)

present singular third person PBFs · participle present PBFing · participle past PBFed · past PBFed

  1. Of an infant, to be fed with both breast milk and formula.

Origin

Initialism of partially breastfed or partial breastfeeding; by analogy with EBF.

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APA

pbf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pbf

MLA

“pbf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pbf. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pbf,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pbf.

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