| light bulb 
  
 
 electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity (Freq. 2)
 • Syn:
 lightbulb, bulb, incandescent lamp, electric light, electric-light bulb
 • Hypernyms:
 electric lamp
 • Part Meronyms:
 filament
 
 
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