flashbulb

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈflæʃbʌlb/(US)

Definition of flashbulb

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

From flash + bulb.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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