English Dictionary

bulb

/ˈbʌlb/

noun

(obsolete) An onion. / The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown. / (dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.

He planted a bulb in the garden.

意味（1）

(obsolete) An onion.

意味（2）

The bulb-shaped root portion of a plant such as a tulip, from which the rest of the plant may be regrown.

the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.

意味（3）

(dated, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.

意味（4）

Any solid object rounded at one end and tapering on the other, possibly attached to a larger object at the tapered end.

意味（5）

A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).

An incandescent bulb; an LED bulb; a fluorescent tube bulb

意味（6）

(nautical) A bulbous protuberance at the forefoot of certain vessels to reduce turbulence.