Bulb is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for BULB in dictionary:

VERB:
• to swell out, form bulbs
• To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
• form into the shape of a bulb
NOUN:
• a rounded underground storage organ present in some plants, notably those of the lily family, consisting of a short stem surrounded by fleshy scale leaves or leaf bases, lying dormant over winter.
• an expanded part of a glass tube such as that forming the reservoir of a thermometer.
• a hollow flexible container with an opening through which the air can be expelled by squeezing, such as that used to fill a syringe.
• a spheroidal dilated part at the end of an anatomical structure.
• onion-shaped root which grows into a flower or plant
• 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.
• A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta.
• 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.
• a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
• electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
• a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
• anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
• lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb\' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
• a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an underground bud

Words related to BULB

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Words that contain BULB

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How to use BULB in a sentence

• But as our little party drew closer, they could see the individuality of each Saber-Toothed Light Bulb.
• A single bulb glowed dimly, suspended from a long wire in the center of the room.
• It carried sweet water, redolent of green forest swamps! He dragged at another floating lily, sought under the leaves for the buoyant bulb.
• Doctor Locke turned on an electric bulb and the room was flooded with light.
• One characteristic is very marked, and it is the disproportion between the small bulb and the fine flowers produced from it.
• Fill the pots quite full of soil, and then press the bulb into it, and press the soil round the bulb to finish the operation.
• The development of the flower-heads is surprisingly rapid, and a large bulb generally produces several clusters of sweetly scented flowers.
• The water should always be pure and bright, although it must not quite touch the bulb, or the latter will rot.
• If too much power is employed, the soil will be so compact that when the roots begin to grow, instead of penetrating, they will lift the bulb out of its proper position.
• After the bulb is squeezed and the exposure made we are ready to develop our plate and to see what result we have obtained.
• As the deep tone responded to his pressure on the big rubber bulb the men in the green machine looked back.
• The man agreed, and returning to his house, rejoicing, caused the bulb to be planted in a beautiful spot set apart for its reception.
• But all vertebrata have the great nerve trunk at the back, contained in the spine and with a bulb on the front or upper end constituting the brain.
• When the Limited drove east again she switched on the tiny electric bulb over her head, and fumbled in her purse for another handkerchief.
• The dome is the terminal of the spire or the bulb of the cupola.
• An electric light bulb is concealed in this straw and shines on the face of Mary, bending over the crib.
• A riotous and extravagant hour in a seed and bulb store resulted in my getting all the flower favorites I had loved in my childhood.
• The base of the bulb should be flattened by setting it, still hot, on a flat piece of charcoal, so that it will stand alone.
• Warm the bulb slowly and the mercury will be expelled and may be caught in a tea cup.
• And the bulb lay in the earth, the bulb lay in me, it became my heart, my living heart, such as I never before had.
• Now lower the pressure tube a little, just enough to cause the solution to flow into the bulb of the measuring tube, when the tap is slightly opened.
• Above this is another movable support, from which a thermometer is suspended, and so adjusted that its bulb is immersed in the material contained in the iron vessel.

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