bulb
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- noun
- /bʌlb/
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perilla (de goma)
- The two-story narthex is rose-carpeted, and brass chandeliers with teardrop bulbs provide a genteel amber light.
- rubber bulb
Well, this one had a little bulb on the floorboard that you had to pump like a, like a water water gun.
- Well, this one had a little bulb on the floorboard that you had to pump like a, like a water water gun.
- Help the Peony bud unwrap by licking from the sticky bulb a sweet nectar you can see dotting the flowers surface in little luminous gems?
Examples
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The sun was behind the bulb of the water tower.
Fiction book (1991) -
So I picked up a bunch of these bulbs, got some red ones.
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If you, for example, have a bulb of gas here and a stop cock and an empty bulb, you open the stop cock.
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Dump the insides of the bulb onto your work surface until your bulb is completely empty.
Blog text (17) -
The kitchen table was littered with squeeze bulbs of food coloring, a bottle of vinegar, and bowls.
Fiction book (2000) -
The gardener planted several bulbs in the flowerbed to ensure colorful blooms in the spring.
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After the storm, the light from the broken bulb flickered ominously in the dark room.
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He carefully wrapped the fragile bulbs in tissue paper before packing them for shipping.
Idioms
Compounds
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A glass bulb with a thin wire that makes light when electricity passes through it
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A bulb that uses less electricity than old bulbs, for example LED bulbs
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A rounded part at the base of the brain just above the nose that helps you smell
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A small rubber device used to suck liquid from or put liquid into the nose and ear
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A thin clear layer covering the white of the eye and the front of the eyeball
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A blood vessel that supplies blood to the bulb of the penis
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A small blood vessel that carries blood to the bulb near the female genital opening
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A small tool with a bulb covered in a wet cloth used to measure humidity
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bulb comes from the Latin bulbus, meaning 'onion', so the word is used for any small round or swollen part, like the rubber piece on a dropper or the glass tip of a thermometer.