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.
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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61. It was as if he'd sat down hard on a thousand watt light bulb.
62. I mean, look what Mr Edison, quite alone, managed to do with the light bulb!
63. Is it a 50 watt bulb that a child's been scribbling on with a black felt tip pen?
64. In the half-light from the single landing bulb, he took what seemed to Constance an age to open it.
65. Many travel experts branded the City of Lights a dim bulb in their forecasts for 1996.
66. It had been refitted with a low-watt bulb practically too dim to see by, in order to save electricity.
67. Can you change this light bulb for me? I can't reach.
68. But the winter container's secret weapon, planted in layers under showy pansies or polyanthus, is the spring-flowering bulb.
69. Another type of light bulb you may come across is the tungsten halogen bulb.
70. The village atmosphere is kept alive by an annual May Day event and tree and bulb planting schemes.
71. A dim light came from the single electric bulb in the ceiling of the room.
72. You can create a superb living room spring garden with a great indoor bulb collection for only ￡13.95.
73. Edison perfected and patented everything from the first phonograph player in 1877 to the first practical light bulb in 1879.
74. He pulled the cover off the switch and realized that the bulb had gone.
75. These new lamps last five times longer and need less than 20 percent of the power used by an ordinary light bulb.
76. Torture King places a circular fluorescent light bulb on his head and touches an open electrical circuit.
77. Later I removed the back wheel, refitted it, adjusted the chain tension and replaced a headlight bulb.
78. Yesterday, I had to change a headlamp bulb on my car.
79. Frankie knew every gilded swirl and cherub, every plaster rose, every painted bulb in each of the hanging light-fittings.
80. The bathroom door swings open and the light is on, the bare bright bulb.
81. Worth considering are species producing six or more flowers per bulb - Tete A Tete is ideal for window boxes.
82. The other two sources of light are the ordinary, filament light bulb and fluorescent tubes.
83. If it is much less, try using a 40 watt bulb instead.
84. It was illuminated by a small bulb between the two thicknesses of the bulkhead.
85. Her brightening of mood seems largely inspired by the light bulb she has been standing next to.
86. Nevertheless a mixture containing coarse sand and bulb fibre or peat moss should be quite satisfactory.
87. A low-powered electric bulb hung starkly from a wire overhead.
88. Lastly,[sentence dictionary] a ping-pong ball fitted over each light bulb managed to disguise their Yuletide origins.
89. A special fluorescent plant bulb will do much toward providing the proper light.
90. The bulb is placed in the narrow neck of the glass which keeps it dry.