"bulb" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌlb/, /ˈbʌb/ (note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete) Audio: en-us-bulb.ogg Forms: bulbs [plural]
enPR: bŭlb Rhymes: -ʌlb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbusder. English bulb Inherited from Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|der|la>bulbus>bulb|id=plant portion|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbusder. English bulb, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|bulb|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English bulb, {{inh+|en|enm|bulb}} Inherited from Middle English bulb, {{der|en|la|bulbus|t=bulb, onion}} Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), {{der|en|grc|βολβός|t=plant with round swelling on underground stem}} Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulb (plural bulbs)
  1. The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown. Wikidata QID: Q188748 Categories (topical): Horticulture Translations (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant): βολβός (bolbós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), սոխուկ (soxuk) (Armenian), կոճղեզ (kočġez) (Armenian), лу́ковица (lúkovica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bulb [masculine] (Catalan), 鱗莖 (Chinese Mandarin), 鳞茎 (línjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), bulva [feminine] (Czech), hlíza [feminine] (Czech), løg [neuter] (Danish), bulbo (Esperanto), sibul (Estonian), sipuli (Finnish), bulbe [masculine] (French), bulbo [masculine] (Galician), ბოლქვი (bolkvi) (Georgian), Zwiebel [feminine] (German), βολβός (volvós) [masculine] (Greek), בָּצָל (batzál) [masculine] (Hebrew), virághagyma (Hungarian), gumó (Hungarian), laukur [masculine] (Icelandic), bulbo (Ido), umbi lapis (Indonesian), pumppu (Ingrian), bleib [feminine] (Irish), bulbo [masculine] (Italian), 球根 (kyūkon) (alt: きゅうこん) (Japanese), មើម (məəm) (Khmer), 알뿌리 (alppuri) (Korean), bulbus [masculine] (Latin), луковица (lukovica) [feminine] (Macedonian), bebawang (Malay), കിഴങ്ങ് (kiḻaṅṅŭ) (Malayalam), tōpuku (Maori), løk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), løk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bulb [masculine] (Occitan), صوغان (soğan) (Ottoman Turkish), بصل (basal) (Ottoman Turkish), پیاز (piyâz) (Persian), cebulka [feminine] (Polish), bulbo [masculine] (Portuguese), bulb [masculine] (Romanian), лу́ковица (lúkovica) [feminine] (Russian), कन्द (kanda) [masculine] (Sanskrit), bolgan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), луковица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), чебуљица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lukovica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čebuljica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cibuľka [feminine] (Slovak), čebulica [feminine] (Slovene), bulbo [masculine] (Spanish), lök [common-gender] (Swedish), цибу́лина (cybúlyna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-en:Q188748 Disambiguation of Horticulture: 37 25 14 14 7 1 3 Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish 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translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 31 19 18 18 9 1 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 22 16 16 6 0 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 19 14 14 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 40 21 14 14 5 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 24 14 14 3 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 15 15 24 12 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 38 19 14 14 7 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 37 19 14 14 8 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 37 19 15 15 8 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 22 14 15 8 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 45 16 14 14 5 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 19 13 13 7 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 39 20 14 14 6 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 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translations: 37 19 14 14 8 2 5 Disambiguation of 'bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant': 63 15 5 13 4 0
  2. (dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy, Plant anatomy
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  3. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun--Rkw7PwX Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 15 15 24 12 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 17 12 30 8 1 5
  4. 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 (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-vtW7-SZG Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 15 15 24 12 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 27 17 12 30 8 1 5
  5. (nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-CQkXIHxy Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 24 15 15 24 12 3 8 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (obsolete) An onion. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bulb-en-noun-0l3RimNq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bulbiferous, bulbil, bulbous Translations (rounded solid object): (pāo) (Chinese Mandarin), bol (Dutch), kupu (Finnish), bulbe [masculine] (French), βολβός (volvós) [masculine] (Greek), bulbo (Ido), eglopu (Luhya), ബൾബ് (baḷbŭ) (Malayalam), bulbo [masculine] (Portuguese), bulb [masculine] (Romanian), утолще́ние (utolščénije) [neuter] (Russian), вы́пуклость (výpuklostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ша́рик (šárik) [masculine] (Russian), bulbo [masculine] (Spanish), glopu (Swahili)

Verb

IPA: /ˈbʌlb/, /ˈbʌb/ (note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete) Audio: en-us-bulb.ogg Forms: bulbs [present, singular, third-person], bulbing [participle, present], bulbed [participle, past], bulbed [past]
enPR: bŭlb Rhymes: -ʌlb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbusder. English bulb Inherited from Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|der|la>bulbus>bulb|id=plant portion|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbusder. English bulb, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|bulb|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English bulb, {{inh+|en|enm|bulb}} Inherited from Middle English bulb, {{der|en|la|bulbus|t=bulb, onion}} Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), {{der|en|grc|βολβός|t=plant with round swelling on underground stem}} Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bulb (third-person singular simple present bulbs, present participle bulbing, simple past and past participle bulbed)
  1. (intransitive) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell. Tags: intransitive
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Inflected forms

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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "ბოლქვი"
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "word": "בָּצָל"
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "virághagyma"
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "球根"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "មើម"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "alppuri",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "알뿌리"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "bebawang"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kiḻaṅṅŭ",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "കിഴങ്ങ്"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "tōpuku"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "word": "løk"
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "word": "løk"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "soğan",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "basal",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "piyâz",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "word": "پیاز"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "roman": "lúkovica",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "лу́ковица"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "kanda",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "कन्द"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "word": "луковица"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "word": "čebulica"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
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      "word": "lök"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cybúlyna",
      "sense": "bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "цибу́лина"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pāo",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "泡"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "bol"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "kupu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "rounded solid object",
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      "word": "bulbe"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "volvós",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "bulbo"
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      "word": "eglopu"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "baḷbŭ",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "ബൾബ്"
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      "word": "bulbo"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "rounded solid object",
      "word": "glopu"
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