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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Examples of "bulb" in Sentences
- He was the inventor of the light bulb.
- The light bulb sometimes is known as the cousin of the sun.
- An ultra violet light bulb sterilizes the water in the tank.
- The most common form has the shape of an incandescent light bulb.
- You invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and many other things.
- In ordinary incandescent lamps this tungsten is deposited on the bulb.
- The first type introduced had the shape of an incandescent light bulb.
- Incidentally, there is terrible overexposure of most of the light bulbs.
- A wire contacts the base of the battery with the base of the light bulb.
- Consumption of incandescent light bulbs grew rapidly in the United States.
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