Antonyms for bulb
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : buhlb |
| Phonetic Transcription : bʌlb |
Definition of bulb
Origin :- 1560s, "an onion," from Middle French bulbe (15c.), from Latin bulbus "bulb, bulbous root, onion," from Greek bolbos "plant with round swelling on underground stem." Expanded by 1800 to "swelling in a glass tube" (thermometer bulb, light bulb, etc.).
- noun globular object
- I shall tell you the day when you are to put the bulb in the ground.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- Do you mean to say that the bulb has now been in the ground for six days?
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- Amaryllis Formosissima was in bloom in one week after I planted the bulb.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- And yet the bulb has not only an honourable character—it has a sort of sacred history.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- The stem is white, squamulose, bulb rugulose, ring superior and entire.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- “For the reason that this bulb is a burned-out bulb,” said Mr. Gubb.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- He looked about for some means of reaching the bulb above his head.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- Turn the snap-switch to the right to the "On" position, and the bulb will light.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Lower rates than normal (six amperes) will increase the life of the bulb.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- The bulb is the most important of these parts, since it does the rectifying.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
Synonyms for bulb
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