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knurl
English
Etymology
knur +? -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse kn?rr.
gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /n?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)l
Noun
knurl (plural knurls)
- A contorted knot in wood.
- A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
- A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.
Translations
Verb
knurl (third-person singular simple present knurls, present participle knurling, simple past and past participle knurled)
- To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
References
knurl From the web:
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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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- what bulbs to plant in fall
- what bulb do i need
- what bulbs to plant in spring
- what bulb size is my car
- what bulbs work with philips hue
- what bulbs to plant in january
- what bulb goes in a lava lamp
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