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bulb

[ buhlb ]

noun

  1. Botany.
    1. a usually subterranean and often globular bud having fleshy leaves emergent at the top and a stem reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the underside, as in the onion and lily.
    2. a plant growing from such a bud.
  2. any round, enlarged part, especially at the end of a cylindrical object:

    the bulb of a thermometer.

  3. Electricity.
    1. the glass housing, in which a partial vacuum has been established, that contains the filament of an incandescent electric lamp.
    2. an incandescent or fluorescent electric lamp.
  4. Anatomy. any of various small, bulb-shaped structures or protuberances:

    olfactory bulb; bulb of urethra.

  5. Building Trades. a rounded thickening at the toe of an angle iron or tee.
  6. Nautical. a cylindrical or spherical prominence at the forefoot of certain vessels.
  7. Photography. a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release is depressed. : B


bulb

/ ²úÊŒ±ô²ú /

noun

  1. a rounded organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the tulip and onion: a flattened stem bearing a central shoot surrounded by fleshy nutritive inner leaves and thin brown outer leaves Compare corm
  2. a plant, such as a hyacinth or daffodil, that grows from a bulb
  3. a rounded part of an instrument such as a syringe or thermometer
  4. anatomy a rounded expansion of a cylindrical organ or part, such as the medulla oblongata
  5. Also calledbulbous bow a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of a ship to reduce turbulence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bulb

/ ²úÅ­±ô²ú /

  1. A rounded underground storage organ that contains the shoot of a new plant. A bulb consists of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scales (modified leaves) that store nourishment for the new plant. Tulips, lilies, and onions grow from bulbs.
  2. Compare corm
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bulb1

1560–70; < Latin bulbus < Greek ²ú´Ç±ô²úó²õ onion, bulbous plant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bulb1

C16: from Latin bulbus , from Greek bolbos onion
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At home he shares one light bulb between the two rooms that make up the small house.

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They had to constantly clean the house and change every light bulb in the home to bright white for filming purposes, she said.

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"Now we've got a little pen torch, just in case, whereas the old pitmen's lamps used to have a little bulb, but if your battery fused you were up the creek really."

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