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bulk1 /bulk/ noun- Volume or size
- Great size
- The greater part
- Any huge body or structure
- A mass
- A heap (now only of tobacco)
- Roughage
- The thickness of paper
- The thickness of a book without its covers
- A cargo
- The belly, trunk or body
- A hull or hold
intransitive verb- To have bulk
- To fill out (with out or up)
- To be of weight or importance
- (of paper, etc) to be of (specified) bulk
transitive verb- To put or hold in bulk
- To transport (several different consignments) together as a single load
- (often with out but also with up) to cause to swell, make greater in size
ORIGIN: Prob ON bulki heap or cargo, confused with OE buc belly; see bouk bulkˈily adverb bulkˈiness noun bulkˈy adjective - Having bulk
- Filling much space
- Unwieldy
bulkˈ-buyˈ transitive verb bulk buying noun - Large-scale purchase of a commodity, esp on preferential terms and by a single buyer, sometimes on behalf of a body of consumers
- Guaranteed purchase by one country of all or most of another's output of a commodity
bulk cargo noun Cargo such as coal or wheat that is not packed in containers but loaded in bulk bulk carrier noun A vessel carrying bulk cargo bulk discount noun A reduction in a unit price when large quantities are purchased break bulk see under break1 bulk large - To be prominent or intrusive
- To seem important
load in bulk To put cargo in loose sell in bulk - To sell cargo as it is in the hold
- To sell in large quantities
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