bulbous
/ˈbʌlbəs/
bulbous adjective: having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
Adjective
bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)
- Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
- Overweight and round in shape.
- A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts[…]2002, Michael Bracken, All White Girls, page 9
- Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
bulbous meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit
bulbous in Tamil
- குமிழ்ந்த, குமிழ்வு, குழியான
bulbous in Malayalam
- protuberant, bulging, round
- കിഴങ്ങുപോലെ, കിഴങ്ങിന്റെ ആകൃതിയായ, മുഴച്ചുനില്ക്കുന്ന, ഉരുണ്ട, ഉത്ഫുല്ല, സ്ഫാത
bulbous in Kannada
- ಬುರುಡೆಯಂತಿರುವ, ಬುರುಡೆಯಾಕಾರದ
bulbous in Sanskrit
- a bulbous or tuberous root, a bulb
- कन्द kanda
Examples of bulbous in a sentence
- (geology) a bulbous protrusion at the front of a lava flow or landslide.
- Unabashed, the Killock tilted his head to one side in mock examination, puckering his bulbous nose.
- Bulbophiles definitely should consider experimenting with this unique approach to groundcover under their bulbous plants.
Forms of bulbous
| comparative | more bulbous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most bulbous |
Origin of bulbous
From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.
Words formed from bulbous
Phrases with bulbous
Questions about bulbous
- What does bulbous mean?
- Bulbous means having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
- What is bulbous in Tamil?
- Bulbous in Tamil is குமிழ்ந்த, குமிழ்வு, குழியான. See Bulbous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bulbous?
- Bulbous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bulbous?
- Bulbous is pronounced /ˈbʌlbəs/.
Words near bulbous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bulbous (page history and authors); bulbous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bulbous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); bulbous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कन्द (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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