bulb
IPA: bˈʌɫb
noun
- The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
- (dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
- Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
- A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
- (nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
- (obsolete) An onion.
verb
- (intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
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