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Bulk Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bulk? [n] the property possessed by a large mass [n] the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [n] the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" [v] cause to bulge or swell outwards [v] stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bulk: bulge \| majority \| volume Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bulk: accumulate \| add to \| agglomerate \| aggrandize \| aggregate \| aggroup \| amass \| amount \| ampleness \| amplify \| amplitude \| area \| assemble \| augment \| balloon \| batch \| best part \| better part \| bigness \| bloat \| block \| blow up \| bodily size \| body \| boundlessness \| breadth \| bring together \| broaden \| budget \| build \| build up \| bulk large \| bulk out \| bunch \| bunch together \| bunch up \| caliber \| chunk \| clod \| clump \| cluster \| coarseness \| collect \| colligate \| collocate \| combine \| compare \| compile \| conglomerate \| core \| corpulence \| corpus \| corral \| coverage \| crescendo \| cumulate \| depth \| develop \| diameter \| dig up \| dilate \| dimension \| dimensions \| distance through \| distend \| draw together \| dredge up \| drive together \| enlarge \| enlargement \| enormity \| enormousness \| essence \| exceed \| expand \| expanse \| expansion \| extend \| extension \| extent \| fatness \| fill out \| force \| formidableness \| fullness \| gather \| gather in \| gather together \| gauge \| generality \| get in \| get together \| gigantism \| girth \| gist \| gob \| grandeur \| grandness \| gravamen \| great scope \| greaten \| greatness \| grossness \| group \| height \| hike \| hike up \| huff \| hugeness \| hunk \| immensity \| increase \| infinity \| inflate \| intensity \| join \| juxtapose \| largeness \| length \| loaf \| loom \| loom large \| lump \| lump together \| magnify \| magnitude \| main body \| major part \| majority \| make up \| mass \| match \| matter \| measure \| measurement \| meat \| might \| mightiness \| mobilize \| more than half \| most \| muchness \| muster \| nugget \| numbers \| object \| outsoar \| outstrip \| overtop \| pair \| partner \| pat \| plenitude \| plurality \| power \| preponderance \| preponderancy \| prodigiousness \| proportion \| proportions \| puff \| puff up \| pump \| pump up \| put together \| quantity \| quantum \| radius \| raise \| rake up \| rally \| range \| rarefy \| reach \| rear \| rise above \| round up \| scale \| scope \| scrape together \| size \| snowball \| soar \| spread \| stand out \| staple \| strength \| stretch \| stupendousness \| substance \| sufflate \| sum \| swell \| take up \| the greatest number \| the third dimension \| thickness \| thrust \| total \| totality \| tower \| tower above \| transcend \| tremendousness \| tumefy \| up \| vastness \| volume \| wad \| whip in \| whole \| widen \| width See Also \| dollar volume \| figure \| magnitude \| mass \| number \| pouch \| protrude \| swell \| turnover Bulk In Webster's Dictionary \Bulk\ (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, ``to obtain what by labor can be obtained.'' --J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile. {Barrel bulk}. See under {Barrel}. {To break bulk} (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. {In bulk}, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. {Laden in bulk}, {Stowed in bulk}, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. {Sale by bulk}, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness. \Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulking}.] To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. --Leslie Stephen. \Bulk\, n. [Icel. b[=a]lkr a beam, partition. Cf. {Balk}, n. & v.] A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. --Shak.

Bulk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bulk?

[n] the property possessed by a large mass
[n] the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
[n] the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"
[v] cause to bulge or swell outwards
[v] stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bulk: bulge | majority | volume

Bulk In Webster's Dictionary

\Bulk\ (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk
lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky.
Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.]
1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size;
   as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

         Against these forces there were prepared near one
         hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a
         more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --Bacon.

2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion;
   the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.

         The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them,
         ``to obtain what by labor can be obtained.'' --J.
                                               Morley.

3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed.

4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak.

         My liver leaped within my bulk.       --Turbervile.

{Barrel bulk}. See under {Barrel}.

{To break bulk} (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the
   cargo.

{In bulk}, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate
   packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape
   that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.

{Laden in bulk}, {Stowed in bulk}, having the cargo loose in
   the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.

{Sale by bulk}, a sale of goods as they are, without weight
   or measure.

Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness;
     massiveness.


\Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bulking}.]
To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.

      The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the
      moment.                                  --Leslie
                                               Stephen.


\Bulk\, n. [Icel. b[=a]lkr a beam, partition. Cf. {Balk},
n. & v.]
A projecting part of a building. [Obs.]

      Here, stand behind this bulk.            --Shak.

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