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flash bulb

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flash·bulb or flash bulb  (flshblb)
n.
A glass bulb filled with finely shredded aluminum or magnesium foil that is ignited by electricity to produce a short-duration high-intensity light flash for taking photographs. Also called photoflash.
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Noun1.flash bulbflash bulb - a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash, flash
flash camera - a camera with a photoflash attachment
lamp - an artificial source of visible illumination
photographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer


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Confidential," "The Count of Monte Cristo," and "The Time Machine," to his credit, he found himself stumbling for words when asked how he felt about walking down the red carpet with the flash bulbs bursting everywhere.
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I am a faint hum behind/The sensation, the blur of doubt/At the corner of the flash bulb.
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We get the camera imagery (every now and again a flash bulb goes off), but what precisely are we supposed to be seeing snapshots of?
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