What does ab mean in crosswords?

ab means: the muscles of the abdomen

Which crossword clues can have ab as the answer?

Possible clues for ab include "abdominal muscle", "Core muscle, briefly", "Crunch target, briefly", "Stomach muscle, briefly", "stomach muscle".

Word entry · 2 letters

Best crossword clue

"abdominal muscle"

2 letters · collected on this word page

2 lettersPronunciation /æb/Part of speech nounSorted abStarts with AEnds with B5 cluesVery common crossword word

1A2B

From the spelling books and the fact that it was the first of the letter combinations.

“The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows have abs. Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty?”
“When possible, do your ab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group […] .”
“I had a climbing rope in my pack, set up an abseil with it, and abbed down to him.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

01“abdominal muscle”2 letters

02“Core muscle, briefly”2 letters

03“Crunch target, briefly”2 letters

04“Stomach muscle, briefly”2 letters

05“stomach muscle”2 letters

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