flash bulb

Questions about flash bulb

What does flash bulb mean?

flash bulb means "a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph".

What is another word for flash bulb?

Close synonyms include flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb. 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 flash bulb a common word?

flash 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.