Definitions for bulkbʌlk

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bulkbʌlk(n.)

magnitude in three dimensions, esp. when great.
the greater part; main mass or body:
The bulk of the debt was paid.
goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usu. transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or petroleum.
Category: Transportation
Category: Nutrition
Ref: fiber (def. 9). 9
the body of a living creature.
Category:
Ref: bulk mail. 1
(adj.)being or involving material in bulk.
(v.i.)to increase in size; expand; swell.
to be of great weight, size, or importance:
The problem bulks large in his mind.
(v.t.)to cause to swell, grow, or increase in weight or thickness (often fol. by up).
to gather, bring together, or mix.

Idioms for bulk:

in bulk, not packaged: in large quantities.
rice sold in bulk.
Category: Idiom

Origin of bulk:

1400–50; late ME bolke cargo, hold < ON bulki cargo

bulkbʌlk(n.)

a structure, as a stall, projecting from the front of a building.
Category: Architecture

Origin of bulk:

1350–1400; ME: stall; appar. identical with bulk1

Princeton's WordNet

majority, bulk(noun)
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"
bulk, mass, volume(noun)
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"
bulk(verb)
the property possessed by a large mass
bulk(verb)
stick out or up
"The parcel bulked in the sack"
bulge, bulk(verb)
cause to bulge or swell outwards

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

bulk(noun)ʌlk
the large size of sth
the bulk of his suitcase
bulkʌlk
a greater part, a majority
We've completed the bulk of the work.
bulkʌlk
in large quantities
They cost less when you buy in bulk.

Wiktionary

bulk(Noun)
Size, mass or volume.
bulk(Noun)
The major part of something.
bulk(Noun)
The result of water retained by fibre.
bulk(Noun)
Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
bulk(Noun)
a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
bulk(Noun)
Excess body mass, especially muscle.
bulk(Noun)
A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.
bulk(Verb)
to be, or appear to be, massive
bulk(Verb)
to grow in size; to swell or expand
bulk(Adjective)
being large in size, mass or volume

Origin: From bolke, from búlki, from bulkô, from bhelǵ-, related to búlkast, dialectal bulk, bulk. Conflated with bouk, from buc, from būkaz, from bhōw-, related to buik, Bauch, buk. More at bouk, bucket.

Webster Dictionary

Bulk(noun)
magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk
Bulk(noun)
the main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt
Bulk(noun)
the cargo of a vessel when stowed
Bulk(noun)
the body
Bulk(verb)
to appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell
Bulk(u)
a projecting part of a building