Bulk

  • 41bulk — I [[t]bʌlk[/t]] n. 1) magnitude in three dimensions, esp. when great 2) the greater part; main mass or body: The bulk of the debt was paid[/ex] 3) trs goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usu. transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42bulk — I bulk 1. bulk sb., en, e el. er, ene el. erne (forhøjning; fold) II bulk 2. bulk sb. (massegods), i sms. bulk , fx bulkskib, bulkvare; i bulk (i løs vægt) …

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  • 43bulk — This word refers to mass, volume, and size: The steamship was of great bulk. It is also used to refer to the greater part of something (the bulk of mankind). The alternative to bulk in this second meaning is majority, a term which indicates or… …

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  • 44bulk — n. & v. n. 1 a size; magnitude (esp. large). b a large mass, body, or person. c a large quantity. 2 a large shape, body, or person (jacket barely covered his bulk). 3 (usu. prec. by the; treated as pl.) the greater part or number (the bulk of the …

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  • 45bulk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. size, quantity, measure, amount, volume; mass, expanse; body; generality, majority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Size] Syn. magnitude, mass, extent, size, volume, amount, quantity, weight, heft, largeness,… …

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  • 46bulk — [14] Formally, bulk comes from Old Norse búlki, which meant ‘cargo’ or ‘heap’: the original connotation of the English word in this sense was thus of goods loaded loose, in heaps, rather than neatly packed up. That is the source of the phrase in… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 47bulk — noun 1》 the mass or magnitude of something large.     ↘a large mass or shape.     ↘[as modifier] large in quantity: a bulk supplier. 2》 the greater part: the bulk of the traffic had passed. 3》 roughage in food. 4》 cargo in an unpackaged mass.… …

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  • 48bulk — [bʌlk] noun [U] the fact of being large • the bulk of sth the majority or largest part of something[/ex] Women still do the bulk of domestic work in the home.[/ex] in bulk in large quantities[/ex] large companies that buy and sell in bulk[/ex] …

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  • 49bulk — [14] Formally, bulk comes from Old Norse búlki, which meant ‘cargo’ or ‘heap’: the original connotation of the English word in this sense was thus of goods loaded loose, in heaps, rather than neatly packed up. That is the source of the phrase in… …

    Word origins

  • 50bulk — 1. noun /bʌlk/ a) Size, mass or volume. The Quantity of Matter is the meaſure of the ſame, arising from its denſity and bulk conjunctly. b) The major part of something. 2. adjective /bʌlk/ …

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