1
: having a bulb : growing from or bearing bulbs
2
: resembling a bulb especially in roundness
a bulbous nose
bulbously
adverb
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The bulbous coffee table, made custom from black stained ash, helps counterbalance the angular nature of the house.
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Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2024
Her right hand gripped the edge of a coffee table strewn with clutter: two lighters, a can of Coca-Cola, an ashtray containing three cigarette butts, a bulbous glass pipe, a small plastic bag.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Add some texture to your look with these glittering bulbous hoops adorned with intricate glass crystals.
—Anika Ljung, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
Where their radiating spines converge, urchins have delicate, bulbous skeletons with holes for wriggly tube feet and bumps where spines attach.
—Lisa S. Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2024
Her right hand gripped the edge of a coffee table strewn with clutter: two lighters, a can of Coca-Cola, an ashtray containing three cigarette butts, a bulbous glass pipe, a small plastic bag.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
Add some texture to your look with these glittering bulbous hoops adorned with intricate glass crystals.
—Anika Ljung, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
Where their radiating spines converge, urchins have delicate, bulbous skeletons with holes for wriggly tube feet and bumps where spines attach.
—Lisa S. Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Bulbous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulbous. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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bulbous
adjective
bul·bous
ˈbəl-bəs 
: resembling a bulb especially in roundness or the gross enlargement of a part
the bulbous expansion at the base of a hair
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