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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

... windows, they're pushing so hard against them. I don't want to hurry you, but if you would go out and tell them Wiggins is the murderer they'll go away. Of course there's no doubt about Wiggins being the murderer, since he has admitted he asked the stock-keeper for the electric-light bulb." ...
— Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective • Ellis Parker Butler



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