bulb
noun
1 bulb
A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
Roget 194:
expansion;
increase of size
etc.
35;
enlargement,
extension,
augmentation;
amplification,
ampliation†;
aggrandizement,
spread,
increment,
growth,
development,
pullulation,
swell,
dilation,
rarefaction;
turgescence†,
turgidness,
turgidity;
dispansion†;
obesity
etc.
(size)
192;
hydrocephalus,
hydrophthalmus [Med.];
dropsy,
tumefaction,
intumescence,
swelling,
tumor,
diastole,
distension;
puffing,
puffiness;
inflation;
pandiculation†.
dilatability,
expansibility.
germination,
growth,
upgrowth†;
accretion
etc.
35;
budding,
gemmation†.
overgrowth,
overdistension†;
hypertrophy,
tympany†.
bulb
etc.
(convexity)
250;
plumper;
superiority of size.
[expansion of the universe]
big bang;
Hubble constant.
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Roget 249:
rotundity;
roundness
etc.
adj.;
cylindricity†;
sphericity,
spheroidity†;
globosity†.
cylinder,
cylindroid†,
cylindrical;
barrel,
drum;
roll,
roller;
rouleau†,
column,
rolling-pin,
rundle.
cone,
conoid†;
pear shape,
egg shape,
bell shape.
sphere,
globe,
ball,
boulder,
bowlder†;
spheroid,
ellipsoid;
oblong spheroid;
oblate spheroid,
prolate spheroid;
drop,
spherule,
globule,
vesicle,
bulb,
bullet,
pellet,
pelote†,
clew,
pill,
marble,
pea,
knob,
pommel,
horn;
knot
(convolution)
248.
curved surface,
hypersphere;
hyperdimensional surface.
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Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
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Polish: kolba, kaczan
2 bulb
3 bulb
A rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end).
Dutch: bol
4 bulb
Anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop.
5 bulb
Lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata).
synonyms: medulla, medulla oblongata.
Polish: zamózgowie, rdzeniomózgowie, rdzeń przedłużony
6 bulb
A rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ.
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