ALL meanings of bulb
bulb
B b - countable noun bulb A bulb is the glass part of an electric lamp, which gives out light when electricity passes through it. 3
- countable noun bulb A bulb is a root shaped like an onion that grows into a flower or plant. 3
- noun bulb a rounded organ of vegetative reproduction in plants such as the tulip and onion: a flattened stem bearing a central shoot surrounded by fleshy nutritive inner leaves and thin brown outer leaves 3
- noun bulb a plant, such as a hyacinth or daffodil, that grows from a bulb 3
- noun bulb a rounded part of an instrument such as a syringe or thermometer 3
- noun bulb a rounded expansion of a cylindrical organ or part, such as the medulla oblongata 3
- noun bulb a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of a ship to reduce turbulence 3
- noun bulb an underground bud that sends down roots and consists of a very short stem covered with leafy scales or layers, as in a lily, onion or hyacinth 3
- noun bulb a corm, tuber, or tuberous root resembling a bulb, as in a crocus, dahlia or cyclamen 3
- noun bulb any plant that grows from a bulb 3
- noun bulb anything shaped like a bulb; rounded thing or enlarged part 3
- noun bulb an enlargement on some tissues, organs, or tubes, as at the root of a hair 3
- noun bulb medulla oblongata 3
- noun bulb Botany. a usually subterranean and often globular bud having fleshy leaves emergent at the top and a stem reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the underside, as in the onion and lily. a plant growing from such a bud. 1
- noun bulb any round, enlarged part, especially at the end of a cylindrical object: the bulb of a thermometer. 1
- noun bulb Electricity. the glass housing, in which a partial vacuum has been established, that contains the filament of an incandescent electric lamp. an incandescent or fluorescent electric lamp. 1
- noun bulb Anatomy. any of various small, bulb-shaped structures or protuberances: olfactory bulb; bulb of urethra. 1
- noun bulb medulla oblongata. 1
- noun bulb Building Trades. a rounded thickening at the toe of an angle iron or tee. 1
- noun bulb Nautical. a cylindrical or spherical prominence at the forefoot of certain vessels. 1
- noun bulb Photography. a shutter setting in which the shutter remains open as long as the shutter release is depressed. Symbol: B. 1
- noun bulb light 1
- noun bulb plant root 1
- noun bulb garlic, etc.: head 1
- noun bulb plant type 1
- noun bulb Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end. 0
- noun bulb A light bulb. 0
- noun bulb The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown. 0
- noun bulb (nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence. 0
- verb bulb (Intransitive Verb) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell. 0