as in rounded
resembling a bulb in roundness often in an unattractive way
a big, bulbous nose
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In the foreground, bulbous pink hands break a piece of matzah in two, a reference to the moment when one half is set aside for the afikoman.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
For the past few years, her social-media accounts have featured images of suggestively phallic or vulval forms—a squat, bulbous mushroom; a natural rock pool surrounded by lapping waves—accompanied by the hashtags #penisoftheday or #yonioftheday.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
The animal had a bulbous head, sleek body and gaping mouth, and was a dark brown, nearly black color, according to a July 24 Facebook post from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 July 2024
Contours, for example, can be crisp (wainscoting, baseboards), bulbous (the family room’s faintly postmodern furniture), or swerve-y (the stair’s underseam).
—Leilani Marie Labong, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
For the past few years, her social-media accounts have featured images of suggestively phallic or vulval forms—a squat, bulbous mushroom; a natural rock pool surrounded by lapping waves—accompanied by the hashtags #penisoftheday or #yonioftheday.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
The animal had a bulbous head, sleek body and gaping mouth, and was a dark brown, nearly black color, according to a July 24 Facebook post from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 July 2024
Contours, for example, can be crisp (wainscoting, baseboards), bulbous (the family room’s faintly postmodern furniture), or swerve-y (the stair’s underseam).
—Leilani Marie Labong, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2024
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“Bulbous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulbous. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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