bulb

/bəlb/ noun
4 letters1 syllable8 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
NOUN
1

Electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity.

2

Lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata).

3

A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.

4

Anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop.

5

A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ.

6

A rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end).

“the bulb of a syringe”

WORD FORMS
Related formbulbar
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Words With Friends®12 points
Double word16 points
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Pig Latinulbbay
Starts & ends withB … B
Syllablesbulb
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