bulb
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
bulb (plural bulbs)
- Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
- the bulb of the aorta
- A light bulb.
- The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265c.
- the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 265c.
- (nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
- (dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
bulb (bulbs, present participle bulbing; past and past participle bulbed)
- (intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
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