Home › Words › F › flashbulbflashbulb/ˈflæʃbʌlb/flashbulb means A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.flashbulb is pronounced /ˈflæʃbʌlb/.EtymologyFrom flash + bulb.nounA glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flashgun 73% match — An electrically powered device used to trigger a flashbulb. vs flashbulb →photoflash 71% match — A lamp that emits a brief flash of bright light; used to take photographs in a dark environment vs flashbulb →flashbar 69% match — A kind of flash unit for a camera, in the form of a horizontal bar. vs flashbulb →flipflash 62% match — A kind of flash unit for a camera, providing a certain number of flashes before needing to be flipped over and reinserted to use the remainder. vs flashbulb →preflash 61% match — A flash produced in advance of the main flash when taking a picture. vs flashbulb →flashtube 61% match — Synonym of flashlamp. vs flashbulb →photoflood 59% match — A lamp that produces a broad beam of continuous bright light; used to illuminate a photographic subject vs flashbulb →candlebomb 58% match — A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam. vs flashbulb →