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    bulk
    [bəlk]
    noun
    bulk (noun) · the bulk (noun)
      • a large mass or shape, for example of a building or a heavy body:
        "he moved quickly in spite of his bulk"
      • large in quantity or amount:
        "bulk orders of more than 100 copies"
      • (the bulk)
        the majority or greater part of something:
        "the bulk of the traffic had passed"
        Similar:
        greater quantity/number
        larger part/number
        best/better part
        main part
        major part
        almost all
        more than half
        (main) body
        lion's share
        Opposite:
      • roughage in food:
        "bread and potatoes supply energy, essential protein, and bulk"
        Similar:
        fibrous material
      • cargo that is an unpackaged mass such as grain, oil, or milk.
    verb
    bulk (verb) · bulks (third person present) · bulking (present participle) · bulked (past tense) · bulked (past participle)
    1. be or seem to be of great size or importance:
      "territorial questions bulked large in diplomatic relations"
      Similar:
      be important
      loom large
      be prominent
      be significant
      be influential
      be of consequence
      be of account
      be relevant
      mean a lot
      Opposite:
      be insignificant
    2. treat (a product) so that its quantity appears greater than it in fact is:
      "traders were bulking up their flour with chalk"
      • (bulk up)
        build up body mass, typically in training for athletic events.
    Origin
    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’.
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  2. something very large, or a large amount, not divided into smaller parts: Tankers carry bulk shipments of oil. We buy a lot of our groceries in bulk (= in large quantities) to save money.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bulk
    something very large, or a large amount, not divided into smaller parts: Tankers carry bulk shipments of oil. We buy a lot of our groceries in bulk (= in large quantities) to save money. The bulk of something is the larger part of it: He gave the bulk of his paintings to the museum.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bulk
    : greatness of size or mass : volume 2 : a large body or mass 3 : the main or greater part did the bulk of the work
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulk
    What is the full meaning of bulk? 1 : being in large quantities or not divided into separate units : being in bulk bulk shipments of food bulk mailings. 2 : of or relating to materials in bulk bulk prices. What is bulk example? The definition of bulk is a large portion, great size or big volume.
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