FLASHBULB

flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb

(noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flashbulb (plural flashbulbs)

(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.

Source: Wiktionary



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28 March 2024

HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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