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bulblike

bulblike

6.0
Round and swollen at the base like an onion
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌlˌblaɪk/
translation icon : en forma de bulbo
  • What I remember of my face is a low forehead, a long nose with a bulblike tip, and dark shiny eyes set too close together.

Examples

  • The new plant had a bulblike shape that made it easy to identify in the garden.

  • Grandville imagined the epidemic as a bulblike, sharp-toothed monster called "Le volvoce" devouring terror-stricken humanoids (Fig. 14).

    Academic text (2001)

  • He noticed that the bulblike structure of the fruit resembled a small onion.

  • The artist created a sculpture with a bulblike form that captured the viewer's attention.

Synonyms

bulbous
vsbulblike
10 5.5

Having a round, swollen shape like a bulb

is used more generally for resemblance not only the outward curve
bulb-shaped
vsbulblike
3.5

Having a round, swollen shape like a plant bulb

is a general term for resembling that rounded plant storage form
bulbed
vsbulblike
7.5

Having a rounded, swollen shape like an onion

indicates resemblance rather than having an actual storage organ

Surface Forms

bulblike positive

Morphology

bulblike = bulb (transparent) = bulb + like

Direct, productive adjective formation meaning 'resembling a bulb', which a learner who knows 'bulb' and '-like' can infer.

Etymology

The word bulblike is made of bulb and -like, where bulb originally meant 'onion' or a round plant root and -like means 'similar to'. So, bulblike means 'shaped like a bulb', like the round base of an onion or a light bulb.