Dictionary Definition
fab adj : extremely pleasing; "a fabulous
vacation" [syn: fabulous]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- fæb
- /f
Extensive Definition
FAB may mean:
- FAB, the IATA airport code for Farnborough Airfield
- Federated Array of Bricks, a low-cost distributed storage system that provides block-level storage and uses distributed data replication for fault tolerance
- Feline Advisory Bureau, a UK feline charity
- Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages, also known as alcopops
- Força Aérea Brasileira, the Brazilian Air Force
- Fugasnaya aviatsionnaya bomba ('Aviation Demolition Bomb'), the term for Russian general purpose bombs
- Film Advisory Board
- Federation de l'Automobile de Belarus, a member of the FIA
Fab may mean:
- Fab (brand), a frozen confectionery
- Fab (detergent), marketed by Colgate-Palmolive
In science and
technology:
- Fab region, the fragment antigen binding portion of an antibody
- Fab (semiconductors), a fabrication plant for semiconductor manufacture
- Fabber, a desktop multipurpose factory, ideally self-replicating
- Fast atom bombardment, a mass spectrometry technique in chemistry
- The French-American-British classification systems for hematological disease
- Fuel air bomb, an explosive device based on the ignition of an aerosolized fuel cloud
In culture:
- F.A.B., a radio sign-off used in the Thunderbirds TV series
- Fab (magazine), a Canadian gay magazine
- Fab (book) by Neil Gershenfeld
- Fab (nightclub), a gay nightclub located in Manila, Philippines
- Fabrice Morvan, singer of Milli Vanilli
- Fabrizio Moretti, drummer in The Strokes
fab in German:
FAB
fab in Esperanto:
FAB
fab in French:
FAB
fab in Italian:
FAB
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
OK, ace-high, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss, bully, but good, cool, corking, crackerjack, dandy, delicious, ducky, fine and dandy, gear, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up, just dandy,
keen, marvy, mean, neat, nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, peachy, peachy-keen, ripping, rum, scrumptious, slap-up,
smashing, solid, something else, spiffing, spiffy, stunning, swell, tough, wizard