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Meaning of bulk in English
Pronunciation
/bəlk/
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Verb
bulk
Definitions
1.
stick out or up
Examples
« The parcel bulked in the sack »
2.
cause to bulge or swell outwards
Noun
bulk
Etymology
Middle English: the senses ‘cargo as a whole’ and ‘heap, large quantity’ (the earliest recorded) are probably from Old Norse búlki‘cargo’; other senses arose perhaps by alteration of obsolete bouk ‘belly, body’
Definitions
1.
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts
Examples
« the main part »
« the majority of his customers prefer it »
« the bulk of the work is finished »
Antonyms
minority
2.
the property of something that is great in magnitude
Examples
« it is cheaper to buy it in bulk »
« he received a mass of correspondence »
« the volume of exports »
3.
the property possessed by a large mass