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1. bulb
noun. ['ˈbʌlb'] a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
Antonyms
Etymology
- bulbe (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- bulbus (Latin)
Rhymes with Bulb
- dekalb
- elbe
- falb
- flashbulb
- gelb
- gilb
- hilb
- kalb
- kielb
- kolb
- kolbe
- lightbulb
- schwalb
- schwalbe
- selbe
How do you pronounce bulb?
Pronounce bulb as bəlb.
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UK - How to pronounce bulb in British English
Sentences with bulb
1. Noun, singular or mass
Take the LED flashlight into a hardware store if you need a new bulb.
Quotes about bulb
1. Once the subject matter of rock n' roll changed from cars and pop love songs to songs about really true love and the blues and death and mortality, this light bulb went off in my head and I went, 'Oh, that's what they're doing. That's kind of - that's art.'
- David Chase
2. I used to think that once you really knew a thing, its truth would shine on forever. Now it's pretty obvious to me that more often than not the batteries fade, and sometimes what you knew even goes out with a bang when you try and call on it, just like a light bulb cracking off when you throw the switch.
- Lucy Grealy
3. You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day you’re changing a patio light bulb with a five-year life span and you realize how you’ll only be changing this light maybe ten more times before you’ll be dead.
- Chuck Palahniuk
2. bulb-shaped
3. bulb
noun. ['ˈbʌlb'] electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity.
Etymology
- bulbe (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- bulbus (Latin)
4. bulb
noun. ['ˈbʌlb'] a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end).
Antonyms
Etymology
- bulbe (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- bulbus (Latin)
5. bulb
noun. ['ˈbʌlb'] a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ.
Antonyms
Etymology
- bulbe (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- bulbus (Latin)