bulblike

Thân thiện

The gardener planted a bulblike onion in the soft soil.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Shaped like a bulb: Having a form or structure that resembles a rounded, swollen, or globular shape, similar to that of a plant bulb (e.g., an onion or tulip bulb) or a rounded object.

Usage

• The word "bulblike" is used to describe the physical shape of an object. It is typically placed before a noun as an attributive adjective.
• It is a descriptive term common in botanical, biological, and general descriptive contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The geode had a smooth, bulblike protrusion.
  • Some fungi have a bulblike base.
  • The architect designed a building with a bulblike dome.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Descriptive Use: Often used in scientific writing to precisely describe morphological features.
  • The scanner detected a bulblike swelling at the end of the nerve fiber.

Variants and Related Words

• Bulbous (adj): Swelling or shaped like a bulb. This is a more common synonym.
  • He had large, bulbous eyes.
• Bulb (n): The rounded plant structure or object that gives the adjective its meaning.
• Globular (adj): Spherical or globe-shaped; a related shape descriptor.
• Rounded (adj): Having a round shape; a more general term.

Synonyms

• Bulbous
• Globular (in some contexts)
• Swollen (when implying an expanded, rounded shape)
• Rounded

Antonyms

• Angular
• Flat
• Cylindrical (specifically long and straight, not rounded at the ends)
• Tapered

Notes

• "Bulblike" is a compound adjective formed from the noun "bulb" and the suffix "-like." It is sometimes hyphenated as "bulb-like," though the closed form "bulblike" is standard in many dictionaries.
• It describes a three-dimensional, often solid, rounded form, not merely a circular two-dimensional shape.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. shaped like a bulb

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bulbous
• bulb-shaped