The Clue
Six-pack muscles (3 letter answer)
The Answer
ABS
Tags
Notes
The answer ABS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
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Definition
ABS as a noun:
1. (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, ABS) = any of a class of composite plastics used to make car bodies and cases for computers and other appliances
AB as a noun:
1. (Bachelor of Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB) = a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
2. (Ab, Av) = the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
3. (abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab) = the muscles of the abdomen
4. (AB, type AB, group AB) = the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens