bulb
(noun) a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); “the bulb of a syringe”
bulb
(noun) a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
bulb
(noun) a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
bulb
(noun) anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bulb (plural bulbs)
Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
A light bulb.
The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
(nautical) a bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
(dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
bulb (third-person singular simple present bulbs, present participle bulbing, simple past and past participle bulbed)
(intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
• blub
Source: Wiktionary
Bulb, n. Etym: [L. bulbus, Gr. bulbe.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
– Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair originates.
– Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb.
– Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. Tomlinson.
Bulb, v. i.
Definition: To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
