bulb - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • percussion: The first to look for is the bulb of percussion.

Converse of object

  • energy-save: For instance, if every household used energy-saving light bulbs, a power station could be closed.
  • replace: Should they need replacing the bulbs are available from all good hardware stores.

Adjective modifier

  • incandescent: I was changing incandescent bulbs four times a year.
  • fluorescent: Energy Saving Natural Lighting Bulbs Enjoy the benefits of natural daylight indoors with these remarkable fluorescent bulbs.
  • daffodil: In the autumn of 2000, 70,000 daffodil bulbs were planted on either side of the Broad Walk.
  • 60w: Typically, you'll hear people say " imagine trying to see a standard 60W light bulb that is twenty thousand miles away " .
  • flowering: The planting time for the earliest flowering bulbs begins in September.
  • light: Normal light bulbs emit more red then blue light.

Modifies a noun

  • thermometer: Measure the air temperature with an ordinary dry bulb thermometer in various locations.
  • filament: What is the operating temperature of a light bulb filament?
  • planting: To continue with shrub and bulb planting and litter pick.
  • planter: A bulb planter was then used to remove the plug of soil, and the strawberry plant planted with minimum effort.
  • holder: My first attempt at making a bulb holder insert worked well.

Noun used with modifier

  • halogen: I have been running with halogen bulbs in my tail lights for about 12 years now.
  • low-energy: We had an " energy display " too, with leaflets and cheap low-energy bulbs supplied by our local Friends of the Earth group.
  • watt: Bulbs: The bulbs are 20 watt halogen bulbs.
  • tungsten: The tungsten bulb has a relatively large, tightly wound filament.
  • filament: Different types of light bulbs for lamps Using filament bulbs The most commonly used bulbs are filament light bulbs.
  • tulip: I heard that the Dutch had been eating the tulip bulbs, hunger is a terrible thing.

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