Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of light bulb.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A glass bulb with metallic contacts on the outside connected to a wire filament (usually tungsten) inside that emits light when heated by passage of electricity through the filament; -- used as the replaceable light-emitting component of an electric lamp, flashlight, lighting fixture, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
- n. electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
Examples
“We can't know if changing the lightbulb is an improvement.”
“If you know what that means in English, the lightbulb is already on for you to understand it in Spanish.”
“Under the lightbulb was a large, heavy old table, the kind with square legs and a white porcelain finish.”
“I think the lightbulb is a great symbol for another reason.”
“Spencer Trask (the VC firm that backed Thomas Edison's invention of the lightbulb, which is as iconic as it gets in the world of innovation!).”
“I checked the layer pane and the lightbulb is the one that freezes in entire drawing.”
“The "lightbulb" which they light the movie with is waaaay too dark.”
“I'll begin by saying that I won't call what I had last week a "lightbulb" moment.”
“Originally Posted by Roll_On were they planning on eating them? what would happen if you ate any kind of lightbulb?”
“That our hospitals would be filled with people experiencing mercury poisoning were they planning on eating them? what would happen if you ate any kind of lightbulb?”
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