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bulb
[ buhlb ]
noun
- Botany.
- 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.
- a plant growing from such a bud.
- any round, enlarged part, especially at the end of a cylindrical object:
the bulb of a thermometer.
- Electricity.
- the glass housing, in which a partial vacuum has been established, that contains the filament of an incandescent electric lamp.
- an incandescent or fluorescent electric lamp.
- Anatomy. any of various small, bulb-shaped structures or protuberances:
olfactory bulb; bulb of urethra.
- Building Trades. a rounded thickening at the toe of an angle iron or tee.
- Nautical. a cylindrical or spherical prominence at the forefoot of certain vessels.
- Photography. a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release is depressed. : B
bulb
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noun
- 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
- a plant, such as a hyacinth or daffodil, that grows from a bulb
- See light bulb
- a rounded part of an instrument such as a syringe or thermometer
- anatomy a rounded expansion of a cylindrical organ or part, such as the medulla oblongata
- Also calledbulbous bow a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of a ship to reduce turbulence
bulb
/ ²úűô²ú /
- 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.
- Compare corm
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
At home he shares one light bulb between the two rooms that make up the small house.
One of the most multifaceted ingredients, it's a multi-layered bulb around a dense core with sprouting stalks and frilly fronds.
The main differences between medical devices and High Street masks are the strength of the LEDs, the number of bulbs on the device and how close they sit to the skin's surface when being used.
They had to constantly clean the house and change every light bulb in the home to bright white for filming purposes, she said.
"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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