Collocations for bulb - noun

electric | bare, naked, unshaded | 100-watt, 60-watt, etc. | bright, dim | bayonet-cap, ES | energy-efficient, energy-saving, long-life, low-energy | fluorescent | halogen | clear, coloured, pearl | flash
My camera needs a new flash bulb.

change, replace
Switch the light off before you change the bulb.

put in | remove, take out
Can you take out the clear bulb and put a pearl one in?

switch on | take
The fitting in the kitchen takes a fluorescent bulb.

light sth
The room was lit only by a single 40-watt light bulb.

fail, go
I think the bulb over the sink is going to go. It''s been flickering all evening.

flicker | flash, go off
Coloured bulbs flashed on and off around the sign. | There was a startled look on his face when the flash bulb went off.

dangle, hang
A single electric light bulb dangled from the ceiling.

last
These low-energy bulbs last much longer than the ordinary ones.

by the light of a … bulb
They sat reading by the light of a 40-watt bulb.

the glow of a light bulb

autumn, spring, spring-flowering, summer, summer-flowering | daffodil, hyacinth, tulip, etc. | garden, indoor | dwarf

place, plant, put in
I''m putting in some bulbs for next year. | Place the bulbs close together.

dig up, take up, uproot | grow | water
She usually waters the indoor bulbs once a week.

force, treat
These daffodils flower so early because the bulbs have been forced.

grow | flower | be over, go over
The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves.

increase
Over the years the bulbs gradually increase.

sprout | shrivel
Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.