Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
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Bulb
//ˈbʌlb//
Synonyms for "bulb" (109 found)
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
7 entriespart of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βολβός noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Armenian
2 entries- կոճղեզ noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- սոխուկ noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лу́ковица noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Catalan
1 entries- bulb noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 泡 noun (rounded solid object)
- 鱗莖 /鳞茎 noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Czech
2 entries- bulva noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- hlíza noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Danish
1 entries- løg noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Dutch
2 entries- bloembol noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- bol noun (rounded solid object)
Esperanto
1 entries- bulbo noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Estonian
1 entries- sibul noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Finnish
2 entries- kupu noun (rounded solid object)
- sipuli noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
French
2 entries- bulbe noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- bulbe noun (rounded solid object)
Galician
1 entries- bulbo noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Georgian
1 entries- ბოლქვი noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
German
1 entries- Zwiebel noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Greek
2 entries- βολβός noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- βολβός noun (rounded solid object)
Hebrew
1 entries- בָּצָל noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Hungarian
2 entries- gumó noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- virághagyma noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Icelandic
1 entries- laukur noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Ido
2 entries- bulbo noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- bulbo noun (rounded solid object)
Indonesian
1 entries- umbi lapis noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Ingrian
1 entries- pumppu noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Irish
1 entries- bleib noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Italian
1 entries- bulbo noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Japanese
1 entries- 球根 noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Khmer
1 entries- មើម noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Korean
1 entries- 알뿌리 noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Latin
1 entries- bulbus noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Luhya
1 entries- eglopu noun (rounded solid object)
Macedonian
1 entries- луковица noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Malay
1 entries- bebawang noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Malayalam
2 entries- കിഴങ്ങ് noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- ബൾബ് noun (rounded solid object)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- løk noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- løk noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Occitan
1 entries- bulb noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بصل noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- صوغان noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Persian
1 entries- پیاز noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Polish
1 entries- cebulka noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Portuguese
2 entries- bulbo noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- bulbo noun (rounded solid object)
Rarotongan
1 entries- kiko noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Romanian
2 entries- bulb noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- bulb noun (rounded solid object)
Russian
4 entries- вы́пуклость noun (rounded solid object)
- лу́ковица noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- утолще́ние noun (rounded solid object)
- ша́рик noun (rounded solid object)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कन्द noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bolgan noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lukovica noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- čebuljica noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- луковица noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- чебуљица noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Slovak
1 entries- cibuľka noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Slovene
1 entries- čebulica noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Spanish
3 entries- bulbo noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
- bulbo noun (rounded solid object)
- cabeza noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Swahili
1 entries- glopu noun (rounded solid object)
Swedish
1 entries- lök noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- цибу́лина noun (bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Edison invented the light bulb.
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A small, naked bulb gave the only illumination.
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The light bulb has burned out.
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