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flashbulbs

flashbulbs is the plural of flashbulb.

Meaning of flashbulb

Noun

flashbulb (plural flashbulbs)

  1. (historical) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
    • When Christine Jorgensen's plane touched down carrying her home from Denmark […] 300 reporters surged forwards, shouting questions as flash bulbs popped.2005 March 2, Leslie Feinberg, “Even McCarthy was gay baited”, in Workers World

Questions about flashbulbs

What is flashbulbs the plural of?
Flashbulbs is the plural of flashbulb.

Words near flashbulbs in the dictionary

  1. flashbulb
  2. flashbulb memories
  3. flashbulb memory
  4. flashbulb moment
  5. flashbulb moments
  6. flashbulbs
  7. flashburn
  8. flashburns
  9. flashcard
  10. flashcards
  11. flashcart

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