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bulbo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breakwater noun A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
  • bulb noun The rounded glass part of an electric light that produces light when current passes through it.
  • chimney noun A vertical structure that carries smoke and fumes up and out of a building.

Senses

bulbo is used for these senses in English:

  • breakwater (nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
  • chimney The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.

breakwater — full definition

  1. noun A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
  2. noun A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
  3. noun A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.

bulb — full definition

  1. noun The rounded glass part of an electric light that produces light when current passes through it.
  2. noun A rounded underground plant part, made of a short stem and layered fleshy leaves, from which a new plant grows.

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