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Meanings of electric bulb in английском

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A filament surrounded by glass which is screwed into the socket of a lamp and which emits light when supplied with current.

Usage of electric bulb in английском
1
Henry removed the electric bulb, and restored it to its place outside.
The Grey Room
2
On the end of the wire was an electric bulb, lighted.
In Secret
3
Someone had thoughtfully wrapped a bit of tissue paper round the electric bulb.
The Ragged Edge
4
People flocked to it like moths to a bare electric bulb.
Flesh Eaters
5
The first of these is the arc light and the second the electric bulb.
Writing for Vaudeville
6
Herr Schmidt blinked for a full minute at the electric bulb over the compass.
The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
7
He looked down uncertainly at his feet and away at the lighted electric bulb.
The Bent Twig
8
The light came from a single electric bulb and a potbellied sheet-iron stove, glowing red.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
9
This diffused the light, which a crude blue or red electric bulb does not do.
The Days Before Yesterday
10
Slowly to the right and left, up and down, an electric bulb flashed in the sky.
Boy Scouts in an Airship; Or, The Warning from the Sky
11
Brushing the frost from it, Barney examined it by the light of a small electric bulb.
Lost in the Air
12
There, sure enough, was the electric bulb glowing, and behind it the outline of a door.
Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
13
The electric bulb was not Swan's only contribution.
Wired
14
A single electric bulb crusted with sawdust hangs low above it and he switches it on.
Kings of the earth: a novel
15
He got one electric bulb and sneaked out.
The new yorker
16
Is it a candle or an electric bulb?
Diane of the Green Van
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Electric bulb through the time
Electric bulb across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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