Bulb

What do we mean by bulb?

A short, modified, underground stem surrounded by usually fleshy modified leaves that contain stored food for the shoot within. noun

A similar underground stem or root, such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber. noun

A plant that grows from a bulb. noun

A rounded projection or part. noun

A light bulb. noun

A rounded dilation or expansion of a canal, vessel, or organ. noun

A form of the leaf-bud, usually subterranean, in which the stem is reduced to a flat disk, rooting from the under side, and bearing above closely appressed fleshy leaves. noun

Any protuberance or expansion resembling a bulb, especially an expansion at the end of a stalk or long and slender body: as, the bulb of a thermometer; the bulb of the aorta. noun

Plural The tonsils. noun

To project or be protuberant.

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. noun

A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots. noun

The eyeball. noun

The “root,” or part whence the hair originates. noun

The medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb. noun

The vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth. noun

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. noun

A light bulb. noun

To take the shape of a bulb; to swell. intransitive verb

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.

A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.

The medulla oblongata.

Is a person who is an absolute dimwit.Used in Liverpool,UK.Can be used when they are also useless in most every day scenarios. Urban Dictionary

General term for well meaning but unreliable person, often intelligent but prone to lapses in concentration and brain function. Urban Dictionary

N. A light bulb, although usually used for lamps and such, can be used to smoke meth. Urban Dictionary

A small, 1 serve cannister of Nitrous Oxide used for getting a kinda fun, but quite pathetic 5 minute high. Possibly puts bubbles in your brain. Urban Dictionary

The head of a circumsized erect penis if of greater girth than the shaft. Urban Dictionary

A bulb is somebody who has difficulty forming thoughts and sentences on his own, yet insists on doing so on a public forum. (by @cgawker on Twitter) Urban Dictionary

What your mother calls a tit. Urban Dictionary

Is a person who is an absolute dimwit.Used in Liverpool,UK.Can be used when they are also useless in most every day scenarios. Urban Dictionary

A man shaves his head so he is bald and shoves his head up a girl vagg. although sounding quite impossible a small man ,a lot of lube, and a large black women should work quite fine. Urban Dictionary

A diamond ring for your wife. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to bulb:
bulb.

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Words that rhyme with bulb:
lightbulb, stilb.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bulb:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective bulb:
thermometer, thermometers, tubes, hygrometer.

Words that sound like bulb:
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