bulbous
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈbʌl.bəs/
- The trail ran up the hill toward the looming bulbous shapes of lagobas, which housed Buddhist relics.
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Watch on YouTubeShe's skeletal and has bulbous eyes and fangs.
- She's skeletal and has bulbous eyes and fangs.
- The root was really bulbous and girthy and smelled like bone broth.
- I want like, it should be like massive fucking big, big bulbous dipping.
Examples
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The head is bulbous and too large for the skinny neck, so it leans to one side.
Fiction book (2000) -
Actually, it's a little bit more bulbous towards the center of each X.
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Silver with huge bulbous heads.
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Then she walked on, an ordinary bulbous lady on a quiet urban street.
Fiction book (1997) -
His walking stick is a heavy blackthorn with a silver ring and a bulbous handle.
Fiction book (1998) -
The script describes Nosferatu as a rat-like being with a bulbous head and long fingers.
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A greenish-brown bulbous shape erupted from nearby vegetation and jumped at her.
Fiction book (2001) -
The root was really bulbous and girthy and smelled like bone broth.
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The artist depicted a bulbous flower that seemed to overflow from the canvas with vibrant colors.
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He wore a hat that was bulbous at the top, giving him a whimsical appearance.
Synonyms
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2.2
Rounded and soft in shape, often filled with air or soft material
25
3.6
Sticking out in a rounded shape because something inside pushes
10
6.3
Shaped like a round ball
2
3.0
A shape with a round top and sides that curve out like a bell
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4.3
Sticking out in a rounded way
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2.3
Shaped like a ball or nearly round
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4.1
Having a round shape that is wider in the middle like a drum
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8.4
Sticks out from a surface in a round or curved way
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7.5
Having a rounded, swollen shape like an onion
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3.5
Having a round, swollen shape like a plant bulb
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6.0
Round and swollen at the base like an onion
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8.9
Shaped like a ball
Having a rounded shape that sticks out from the middle of the body
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.1
A flowering plant that grows from a bulb and makes bright flowers in spring
How Bulbous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bulbous comes from the Latin bulbus, which meant 'onion' or 'rounded root', and is like the English word bulb, as in a flower bulb or a light bulb. So something bulbous is round and swollen, sticking out like an onion or the rounded base of a plant.