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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.
Derived terms
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
bulb From the web:
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swelling
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sw?l.??/
- Rhymes: -?l??
Noun
swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)
- The state of being swollen.
- Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
- (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.
Translations
Verb
swelling
- present participle of swell
See also
- edema
Anagrams
- Wellings, wellings
Middle English
Noun
swelling
- Alternative form of swellynge
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