Synonym: electric light, electric-light bulb, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb, medulla, medulla oblongata. Similar words: bull, bulk, Bull., bullet. Meaning: [bʌlb] n. 1. a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure 2. electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity 3. a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) 4. lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata) 5. a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ.
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31. They sat reading by the light of a 40-watt bulb.
32. The room was lit only by a single 40-watt light bulb.
33. He gave himself a mild electric shock while changing a light bulb.
34. This makes the total cost of the bulb and energy £27.
35. An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.
36. Overhead, a bulb casts an eerie bluish light.
37. A naked bulb burning in the passageway.
38. He opened the torch and removed the bulb.
39. A lone naked bulb dangled from the ceiling.
40. I bought the bulb like you said.
41. Just me and the heat and the naked bulb.
42. See, the bulb at the center is the Sun.
43. Stella was coughing when the flash bulb went off.
44. There was no natural light, just a bare bulb.
45. A bare bulb illuminates the scene.
46. It just made it hard to change the bulb.
47. A single electric bulb dangled from the ceiling.
48. In his mind, Jim could vividly picture the red bulb of the thermometer in the relaxation exercise Miller had given him.
49. Bienvida pressed the light switch but the bulb was long used-up and no one had replaced it.
50. Duncan hit the emergency stow switch, next to the indicator with the failed bulb.
51. An outside cistern could be kept from freezing by hanging a light bulb near it and leaving it on all the time.
52. There are many things to think about before even the first tentative daffodil bulb is sunk into the ground.
53. The plant is propagated by way of small bulbs which develop on the main bulb from time to time.
54. They are plants of the most varied appearance, and they also possess either a bulb or tubercle.
55. It was a sixty watt bulb but after the darkness it made everyone blink.
56. These rocks are covered in algae after being in a small tank under an ordinary 60 watt bulb and not containing fish.
57. The small bulb inside exploded into life,[sentencedict.com/bulb.html] displaying his clothes.
58. The two patients in whom the lesion was not reached had ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of duodenal bulb.
59. Although expensive, it lasts longer and uses less energy than a conventional light bulb.
60. A small light bulb next to the assistant indicates that it has some helpful advice to offer.