ALL meanings of flashbulb
flash·bulb
F f - noun flashbulb lightbulb for flash photography 1
- noun flashbulb a glass bulb, filled with oxygen and aluminum or zirconium wire or foil, which, when ignited electrically, burns with a brilliant flash to provide momentary illumination of a subject. 1
- noun flashbulb A light bulb that flashes in order to illuminate a photographic subject, of a type that is used only once. 1
- countable noun flashbulb A flashbulb is a small bulb that can be fixed to a camera. It makes a bright flash of light so that you can take photographs indoors. 0
- noun flashbulb a small expendable glass light bulb formerly used to produce a bright flash of light 0
- noun flashbulb an electric light bulb giving a brief, dazzling light, for taking photographs 0
- noun flashbulb (historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph. 0