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Electric-light bulb   /ɪlˈɛktrɪk-laɪt bəlb/   Listen
Electric-light bulb

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.  Synonyms: bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb.






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"Electric-light bulb" Quotes from Famous Books



... The cards fell all in order. He went up at once and found himself alongside a German, whom, as he had promised and prophesied to himself, he destroyed. She was a mine-layer, and needed only a jar to dissipate like a cracked electric-light bulb. He was somewhat impressed by the contrast between the single-handed game fifty feet below, the ascent, the attack, the amazing result, and when he descended again, his cards just as he ...
— Sea Warfare • Rudyard Kipling



Words linked to "Electric-light bulb" :   electric lamp, lightbulb, incandescent lamp, filament



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