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bulbous

  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌlbəs/

Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.

Other meanings

  1. Overweight and round in shape.

  2. Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

Synonyms

  • bulb-shaped

Related words

  • bulbously
  • bulbousness
  • nonbulbous
  • pseudobulbous
  • bulbous buttercup

Example sentences

  • “A bulbous man sat at a table in the corner.”

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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “bulbous” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.