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bulbous
[buhl-buhs]
ˈܱdzܲ
/ ˈʌə /
adjective
shaped like a bulb; swollen; bulging
growing from or bearing bulbs
Other Word Forms
- bulbously adverb
- nonbulbaceous adjective
- nonbulbous adjective
- ˈܱdzܲly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Where there used to be rusting rolling stock and derelict sidings, there is now a swish shopping centre, smart restaurants and the oddly bulbous, 42-storey Belgrade Tower.
All the other types get double names, like butternut squash or acorn squash, but not the yellow kind with the bulbous bodies and thin curving necks.
Her right hand gripped the edge of a coffee table strewn with clutter: two lighters, a can of Coca-Cola, an ashtray containing three cigarette butts, a bulbous glass pipe, a small plastic bag.
He opened the five-room exhibition with a bulbous, abstract painted sculpture suspended from the ceiling that nearly filled the space.
After producing a ceiling lamp with a bulbous glass filament that rises from the center to evoke a water drop splashing in a pool, Beacon Custom Lighting followed with its Pond decanter.
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