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  • 111bulk — [[t]bʌ̱lk[/t]] bulks, bulking, bulked 1) N SING: with supp (emphasis) You can refer to something s bulk when you want to emphasize that it is very large. [WRITTEN] The truck pulled out of the lot, its bulk unnerving against the dawn. ...the… …

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  • 112bulk — I UK [bʌlk] / US noun Word forms bulk : singular bulk plural bulks ** a) [countable, usually singular] something that is very large, wide, and solid She heaved her formidable bulk off the frail chair. We looked up at the great dark bulk of the… …

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  • 113bulk — 1 noun 1 the bulk (of sth) the main or largest part of something: the bulk of the workforce 2 (countable usually singular) a big mass of something 3 (U) the size of something or someone: The dough will rise until it is double in bulk. 4 in bulk… …

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  • 114bulk — noun 1 large size ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, huge, massive, sheer ▪ I was amazed by the sheer bulk of the creature. ▪ extra VERB + BULK …

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  • 115bulk — /bʌlk / (say bulk) noun 1. magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk. 2. the greater part; the main mass or body: the bulk of a debt. 3. goods or cargo not in packages, boxes, bags, etc. 4. the thickness of a printed work or paper… …

  • 116bulk — 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… …

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  • 117bulk — 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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  • 118bulk — 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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  • 119The Apprentice (U.S. season 6) — Infobox Television The Apprentice season name = The Apprentice 6 first aired = January 7, 2007cite web | first= Steve | last= Rogers | coauthors= | title=NBC announces The Apprentice 6 won t premiere until January 2007 | date= 2006 05 15 |… …

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  • 120bulk — 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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