bulb

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.
2. The medulla oblongata.
3. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
4. Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.
5. A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.
6. (obsolete) An onion.

Verb

To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

Sinônimos

light bulb

tuber

incandescent lamp

onion

🧅

electric light

balloon

🎈

globe

lightbulb

💡

electric bulb

electric-light bulb

medulla oblongata

lamp bulb

medulla

retort

electric light bulb

flask

flashlamp

gizzard

globule

glomerule

glomerulus

glow lamp

glow-lamp

grain

incandescent

nut

pellet

pipette

pod

potato

🥔

root

sac

seed

spherulite

tumor

vesicle

gas cylinder

lamp globe

jacketing

esculent root

sound bow

bulbus

air collector

light globe

medullary bulb

Tubar

incandescent light bulb

ampoule

ampulla

blister

bubble

bulbil

bulblet

bulbous plant

chimney

corm

craw

crop

crown

👑

dome

electric lamp

envelope

✉️

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈbʌlb/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).