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• bulb — (n.) 1560s, an onion, from M.Fr. bulbe, from L. bulbus bulb, onion, from Gk. bolbos plant with round swelling on underground stem. Expanded by 1800 to swelling in a glass tube (thermometer bulb, light bulb, etc.) …   Etymology dictionary

• light bulb — noun electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑lightbulb, ↑bulb, ↑incandescent lamp, ↑electric light,… …   Useful english dictionary

• light bulb — lightbulb lightbulb, light bulb light bulb . A glass bulb with metallic contacts on the outside connected to a wire filament (usually tungsten) inside that emits light when heated by passage of electricity through the filament; used as the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bulb — n. light bulb 1) to change, put in, screw in (AE) a bulb 2) a bulb blows out; burns out 3) an electric; frosted; light; three way bulb 4) the glare of a bulb tuber 5) a crocus; tulip bulb * * * [bʌlb] bums out frosted light …   Combinatory dictionary

• bulb — An electronic device which gives off light by the heating of an element contained with a glass enclosure. The metal base which conducts the electricity may be a barrel with locating pins, or it may have small filament wires protruding from the… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• light — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Anschauung, British candle, Hefner candle, Mickey Mouse, Paphian, Scheiner scale, Very flare, abuse, accented, account, acquaintance, active, aerial, aeriform, aery, agile, airish, airlike, airy, alabaster,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Light Up — (Japanese:美術館 bijutsukan ) is a binary determination logic puzzle published by Nikoli. As of 2006, two books consisting entirely of Light Up puzzles have been published by Nikoli.Rules Light Up is played on a rectangular grid of white and black… …   Wikipedia

• light bulb — light ,bulb noun count a glass object that you put in an electric light to produce light. A light bulb is often simply called a bulb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• light bulb — light bulbs N COUNT A light bulb or bulb is the round glass part of an electric light or lamp which light shines from. Syn: bulb …   English dictionary

• bulb — [bʌlb] n ↑filament, ↑thread [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: bulbus, from Greek bolbos plant with a bulb ] 1.) the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from = ↑light bulb ▪ a 100 watt bulb …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• light bulb — also lightbulb, 1884, from LIGHT (Cf. light) (n.) + BULB (Cf. bulb) …   Etymology dictionary