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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91. How can I carry on when the bulb in the overhead projector has blown?
92. As it turns out, Heflin is not the brightest bulb in the hardware store.
93. Each bulb is separate from the others, and we may think of them, accordingly, as separate from each other.
94. The one unshaded light bulb shone continuously down at her, and she was kept in complete silence.
95. Lighting consisted of a 40-watt bulb in the ceiling and a bedside lamp with another 40-watt bulb.
96. Not, of course, that such a victory for diligence in publishing will make much difference in the bulb marketplace.
97. BLit by a bare fluorescent bulb, the room is filled with flies.
98. He could even remember the time he picked out six yellow goslings from a box kept warm by a light bulb.
99. The bulb had blown and he stood in the dimness putting objects on shelves.
100. A very powerful naked light bulb hung from the office ceiling.
101. One 250-watt bulb is capable of giving enough background light for a whole room.
102. The light, a single bulb in an ethnic basket, was suspended from the ceiling and lit just the table.
103. It was a blue china barn owl with a light bulb stuck to its head.
104. It was just that everything seemed too close,[Sentencedict.com] like staring at a light bulb.
105. The kind of pool of light depends on whether the bulb fitted inside is a spot, flood or an ordinary bulb.
106. To determine the extent of gastric metaplasia, multiple biopsy specimens were collected from standardised sites of the duodenal bulb.
107. They will also dance to an electric light bulb as if it were the sun.
108. Which leads to the brightest bulb in the Sheffield chandelier of pop, the Longpigs.
109. He fumbled for the light switch, and when the bulb first glowed it made him blink several times.
110. He stood under the meagre bulb in the odd-shaped room with its barred window.
111. He had stumbled around in her basement under a 25-watt bulb, plowing through marked boxes.
112. Some modern projectors have an inbuilt device for quickly switching to a new bulb.
113. He exulted and from the pocket of his long robe withdrew a self-powered Atomo bulb that filled the room with pearly light.
114. If you wanted to buy an ordinary bulb, you had to ask for it specially.
115. She hasn't got you locked up in a room with a naked light bulb.
116. The bulb had obviously been hit hard soas to break its filament, to ensure no warning light came on.
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117. I was lying there, thinking that the bulb needed changing, the ceiling could use another coat.
118. A single bulb hung from the ceiling and some one had adorned it with a preposterously frilly white shade.
119. In the centre was a small wizened bulb like a tiny onion.
120. He was changing a light bulb when the ladder gave way.