bt

abbr. British Telecom.

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I. abbreviation

1. baronet

2. bent

3. boat

4. bought

5. brevet

II. \\¦bēˈtē\ noun (-s)

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: New Latin Bacillus thuringiensis, species name, literally, Thuringian bacillus; from its discovery in larvae of Mediterranean flour moths from a mill in Thuringia

: a variable bacterium of the genus Bacillus (B. thuringiensis) that produces various crystal proteins during sporulation some of which are toxic to various insect larvae especially of the orders Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Coleoptera ; also : a preparation of this bacterium often modified by genetic engineering for use as a biopesticide having activity against specific insects

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abbrev

British Telecommunications

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BT UK [ˌbiː ˈtiː] US [ˌbi ˈti]

British Telecommunications plc: the largest British telephone company http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/bt.htm

Thesaurus: telephone services and companies_hyponym

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Bt. or Bt (no period),

baronet.

B.T. or B.Th.,

Bachelor of Theology (Latin, Baccalaureus Theologiæ).

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BT [BT]

a phone company in Britain. The British telephone service used to be run by the ↑Post Office but in 1984 it was sold to private owners as a company called British Telecom. It was the first of Britain’s public services to become a private company. In 1991 it changed its name to BT.

Compare ↑Cable and Wireless