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bulb
English
Etymology
From Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?lb, IPA(key): /b?lb/
- Rhymes: -?lb
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.
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Related terms
Translations
Verb
bulb (third-person singular simple present bulbs, present participle bulbing, simple past and past participle bulbed)
- (intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Anagrams
- blub
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin bulbus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bulp/
Noun
bulb m (plural bulbs)
- (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root of a plant)
Related terms
- bulbós
Further reading
- “bulb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
Etymology
From French bulbe
Noun
bulb m (plural bulbi)
- bulb
Declension
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protuberancy
English
Etymology
protuberant +? -cy
Noun
protuberancy (countable and uncountable, plural protuberancies)
- The quality or state of being protuberant.
- A protuberance.
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