Complete Definition of "bulk"

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Pronunciation
AHD|bŭlk, IPA|/b�lk/, SAMPA|/bVlk/
audio|en-us-bulk.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From ON. bulki.

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. size, mass or volume
  2. the major part of something
  3. (in food) fibre
  4. nautical a ship's cargo
  5. bodybuilding: excess body mass, especially muscle
  6. In brane cosmology, a hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

Translations
trans-top|size, mass or volume (1)
Finnish: määrä, massa
French: masse, en gros
trans-mid
Portuguese: volume m, quantidade f
Romanian: masa, vrac
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trans-top|the major part of something (2)
Finnish: suurin osa, valtaosa
trans-mid
Portuguese: a maior parte de
Swedish: lejonpart c, merpart c
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trans-top|fibre (3)
Finnish: kuitu
trans-mid
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Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. being large in size, mass or volume

Translations

Portuguese: em massa
Romanian: masiv, voluminos
mid
Swedish: massiv, omfångsrik, voluminös
Turkish: yı�ın

Verb
en-verb

  1. to be, or appear to be, massive
  2. to grow in size; to swell or expand

Related terms
bulkhead
bulky
bulk up
in bulk

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