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n. - Electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that illuminates a room when heated by electricity.

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  • We can't know if changing the lightbulb is an improvement.
  • If you know what that means in English, the lightbulb is already on for you to understand it in Spanish.
  • I think the lightbulb is a great symbol for another reason.
  • They’ve introduced a Bill to repeal what they call the lightbulb ban.
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