electric-light bulb

1. 1.

   electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

   Synonymslight bulblightbulbbulbincandescent lampelectric light

   Broaderelectric lamp

   Partsfilament

Questions about electric-light bulb

What does electric-light bulb mean?

electric-light bulb means "electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity".

What is another word for electric-light bulb?

Close synonyms include light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electric-light bulb a common word?

electric-light bulb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.