Bulk

  • 31bulk — 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… …

    English dictionary

  • 32bulk — bulk1 /bulk/, n. 1. magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk. 2. the greater part; main mass or body: The bulk of the debt was paid. 3. goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usually transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or… …

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  • 33bulk — 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… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34bulk up — intransitive verb : to gain weight especially by becoming more muscular transitive verb : to cause to bulk up * * * ˌbulk ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they bulk up …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35bulk — noun 1 large size ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, huge, massive, sheer ▪ I was amazed by the sheer bulk of the creature. ▪ extra VERB + BULK …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 36bulk — /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… …

  • 37bulk — I n. 1) a lumbering bulk 2) in bulk (to sell smt. in bulk) II v. (rare) to bulk large (the case bulked large in his thoughts) * * * [bʌlk] a lumbering bulk (rare) to bulk large (the case bulked large in his thoughts) in bulk (to sell smt. in… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 38bulk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, heap, bulk, from Old Norse bulki cargo Date: 15th century 1. a. spatial dimension ; magnitude b. material that forms a mass in the intestine; especially fiber 1d 2. a. body …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 39bulk — The main mass of the body; the largest or principal portion; the majority, as the bulk of a debt. When we speak of the bulk of anything, the other two words are an appositional genitive of the word bulk and mean the same thing. For example, the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 40Bulk — Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Bulk », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Bulk est un mot anglais signifiant volume ou vrac. Dans l industrie informatique ce terme caractérise un produit livré en quantité, de façon… …

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