light bulb in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "light bulb",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "light bulbs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jane changed the light bulb to make the room brighter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bulb-shaped object usually made of glass and metal that gives off light when given electricity."
      ],
      "id": "simple-light_bulb-en-noun-vvsuxJpB",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bulb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "light bulb"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "light bulb",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "light bulbs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jane changed the light bulb to make the room brighter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bulb-shaped object usually made of glass and metal that gives off light when given electricity."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bulb"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "light bulb"
}

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"light bulb" meaning in English

Noun