Bulb
21bulb — noun bʌlb, boʊlb a) Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs. b) A light bulb See Also: bulbiferous, bulbil,… …
22bulb — [[t]bʌ̱lb[/t]] bulbs 1) N COUNT A bulb is the glass part of an electric lamp, which gives out light when electricity passes through it. The stairwell was lit by a single bulb. Syn: light bulb 2) N COUNT A bulb is a root shaped like an onion that… …
23bulb — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin bulbus, from Greek bolbos bulbous plant Date: 15th century 1. a. a resting stage of a plant (as the lily, onion, hyacinth, or tulip) that is usually formed underground and consists of a short stem base… …
24bulb */ — UK [bʌlb] / US noun [countable] Word forms bulb : singular bulb plural bulbs 1) a light bulb 2) the part of a plant that is shaped like an onion from which a flower grows. You plant bulbs in the ground daffodil bulbs …
25bulb — [[t]bʌlb[/t]] n. 1) bot a) a swollen, usu. underground stem having fleshy scalelike leaves that contain stored food, as in the onion or daffodil b) a plant growing from such a stem 2) any round, enlarged part, esp. at the end of a cylindrical… …
26bulb- — combining form or bulbo Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French bulb , from Latin, from bulbus 1. : bulb …
27bulb — 1. bulbe [ bylb ] n. m. • 1897; angl. bulb « oignon; bulbe » ♦ Mar. Renflement de la partie inférieure de la quille, destiné à diminuer la résistance à l eau. Bulbe d étrave. On trouve aussi bulb (vieilli) …
28bulb(o)- — [L. bulbus bulb] a combining form denoting relationship to a bulb or bulbus …
29bulb — [16] Bulb can be traced back to Greek bólbos, which was a name for various plants with a rounded swelling underground stem. In its passage via Latin bulbus to English it was often applied specifically to the ‘onion’, and that was its original… …
30bulb — noun (C) 1 the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from; light bulb: a 100 watt bulb 2 a root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant: tulip bulbs …
