adj
Meaning 1
Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bulbous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbʌlbəs/
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adj
Meaning 2
Overweight and round in shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
curving outward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bellied, bellying, bulging, bulgy, protuberant
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
shaped like a bulb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bulblike, bulb-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: издут (izdut) — having the shape of a bulb
- Catalan: bulbós — having the shape of a bulb
- French: bulbeux — having the shape of a bulb
- Polish: baniasty — having the shape of a bulb
- Polish: bulwiasty — having the shape of a bulb
- Spanish: bulboso — having the shape of a bulb
- Ukrainian: випуклий (vypuklyj) — having the shape of a bulb
- Ukrainian: опуклий (opuklyj) — having the shape of a bulb
- Bulgarian: луковичен (lukovičen) — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Catalan: bulbós — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- French: bulbeux — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Italian: bulboso — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Latin: bulbosus — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Portuguese: bulboso — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Spanish: bulboso — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Ukrainian: цибулинний (cybulynnyj) — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs
- Ukrainian: цибулеподібний (cybulepodibnyj) — growing from a bulb or producing bulbs