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bulb English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word bulb once they have reached the level C1 – Advanced. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning bulb meaning

What does bulb mean?

Definitions in simple English

bulb Noun

— A solid object that has one large, round end and another thin end.

— A light bulb. Can you change that bulb, please? It's broken.

— The bulb-shaped part of the root of a plant. People can buy tulip bulbs and grow them at home.

bulb

— noun a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure

— noun (= light bulb) electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

— noun a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) the bulb of a syringe

— noun a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ

— noun anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop

— noun (= medulla oblongata, medulla) lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; ('bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata) the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning

Synonyms bulb synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bulb?

bulb English » English

light bulb

tuber

incandescent lamp

onion

lightbulb

globe

electric light

balloon

medulla oblongata

electric-light bulb

electric bulb

retort

medulla

lamp bulb

flask

electric light bulb

vesicle

tumor

spherulite

sound bow

seed

sac

root

potato

pod

pipette

pellet

nut

medullary bulb

light globe

lamp globe

jacketing

incandescent light bulb

incandescent

grain

glow-lamp

glow lamp

glomerulus

glomerule

globule

gizzard

gas cylinder

flashlamp

esculent root

envelope

electric lamp

dome

crown

crop

craw

Topics bulb topics

What do people use bulb to talk about?

States Quality Light Shine

Light source

• What are the parts of a lamp?
  lampstand stand wick chimney bulb light bulb lamp shade switch filament socket

Universe, creation Plant

Grass, herb, vine

• What general types of small plants are there?
  herb grass vine aquatic bulb bulbous briar brier burr cactus cane creeper cultivated fern flowering gourd reed sod sprawling thorny weed wild

Universe, creation Plant

Parts of a plant

• What words refer to the roots?
  root tuber tubercle bulb taproot runner root hairs rootstock

Examples bulb examples

How do I use bulb in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom screwed in the light bulb.

Tom unscrewed the light bulb.

I replaced a blown bulb.

Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

Edison invented the light bulb.

A small, naked bulb gave the only illumination.

The light bulb has burned out.

The bulb has burned out.

There's a myth that Edison invented the light bulb.

The light bulb burned out.

Who can tell me how a light bulb works?

The light bulb burst.

A light bulb gives light.

She planted the flower bulb in the garden.

Tom changed the light bulb.

I'm replacing the light bulb.

Movie subtitles

And then it just-- the light bulb went off.

Put it over the light bulb. Will you, please?

I can't stand a naked light bulb any more than I can a rude remark. or a vulgar action.

You come here and sprinkle the place with powder and you spray perfume. and stick a paper lantern over the light bulb.

I'll have to get you a bulb.

The bulb has unscrewed.

Only an electric bulb, perhaps, but for the next four weeks. that will be our sun, our moon, our stars.

Because there isn't any bulb anymore.

The light bulb is burnt out again.

But when a bulb burns out, it just stops working.

Splinters from the light bulb.

I do hate to see an unshaded light bulb dangling from the ceiling like that.

Maybe it's the bulb.

If one small piece of apparatus fails, a little bulb illuminates and tells me precisely where the fault is.

You'll burn the bulb out.

But if I turn the switch and establish contact, the bulb will draw power from the powerhouse and it'll do what it was meant to do, which is to make light.

No. I need a new bulb for my taillight.

You nervous or something? Just give me the bulb. Don't you want me to put it in for you?

Maybe the bulb's no good.

Take a look at this bulb and tell me what you think.

I could get a torch bulb and run it off a battery at the back.

Just like an electric light bulb.

With the bulb.

Oh, and, Steve, on the fourth floor in the broom closet, a bulb has been burning for several days.

Put it over the light bulb.

I haven't seen a bulb like that since I was seven years old.

But a bulb this weak, you can't even call it a light.

Stanley, look, the light bulb is a goed out in the pantry.

Here it is possible to arrange an orgy, and everyone will be up to the bulb.

Cracked bulb.

For example, in awhile, when you go back to, I don't know, back to making light-bulb filaments. back to fixing bicycle handlebars. for a dollar a day, demand the union rate!

Listen, if you lower your hips any more, the light bulb will burst inside you and your box will be a real mess.

News and current affairs

Using one candle for each switched-off bulb cancels out even the theoretical CO2 reduction; using two candles means that you emit more CO2.

It is irrelevant whether the ultraviolet radiation came from a bulb or a star.

And in places where lights are not used very often, a lower-price incandescent bulb can cost less overall than the energy-efficient alternative.

Banning the light bulb because candle makers would lose their jobs strikes almost everyone as a silly idea.

But building a light bulb or a telephone doesn't mean that you understand its basic principles (Thomas Edison and Alexander Bell certainly didn't).

By changing a light bulb, and changing our mindset, we can change the world.