Definitions
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English bulb, bolbe, from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Used in a sentence
“the plants which grow in the earth from seed or bulbs.”
“Once it [a snowdrop variety] became established, some bulbs were lifted and passed on to be chipped (i.e. cut into small pieces and grown on).”
“the bulb of the aorta”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Light socket item”4 letters
02“Light source”4 letters
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