flashbulb
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈflæʃˌbʌlb/
- Archaic
:
bombilla de flash
- As the celebrity walked the red carpet, dozens of flashbulbs lit up the night sky.
- Flashbulb memories
So the speed of light is a flashbulb goes off here.
- So the speed of light is a flashbulb goes off here.
Examples
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I looked up in time to catch the flashbulb go off.
Fiction book (1994) -
The photograph was taken by a student photographer, Arnold Hardy, who only had one flashbulb left in his camera and one photographic plate.
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Suddenly, like a flashbulb going off, a kind of blue covered the entire city.
Fiction book (1993) -
He liked that movie star status but every time he put his face in front of a flashbulb there was trouble.
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White lights from television cameras mix with the fireworks of flashbulbs from the print media.
Fiction book (1995) -
Maybe at the end of some big race, when I pull into Victory Lane I scoop you up and kiss you with thousands of flashbulbs going off.
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The Inferno is filled with them, like a flurry of flashbulbs going off.
Fiction book (1993) -
Bruce and Julie enter, smiling through the storm of flashbulbs, and the crowd of press, greeting guests.
Fiction book (1997) -
A door opens and a dozen flashbulbs blaze as a young hood, handcuffed to a cop, enters the room.
Fiction book (1992) -
This field is illuminated by the eerie incandescence of searchlights and flashbulbs.
Synonyms
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1.7
A sudden, brief burst of bright light, for example from a camera
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3.7
A light that flashes quickly and regularly to make visual effects
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2.2
A short bright light that brightens a scene when you take a photo
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3.5
A small lamp that gives a very bright short light for taking photos
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6.7
A small light that attaches to a camera to make photos brighter
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5.6
A small lamp that makes a very bright short flash of light for photographs
A small device that makes a short bright light for taking photos
A bright, short burst that lights a subject for photos or tests
A small device that makes a bright light for taking photos
A small cube with several bulbs that fits on older cameras to give light for pictures
How Many
- Archaic
- Archaic
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5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flashbulb is a simple combination of flash ('a sudden bright light') and bulb ('a small round lamp'). That's why a flashbulb is the small lamp that makes a quick, strong light for taking pictures.