Definitions for bulk
bʌlkbulk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. majority, bulknoun

   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"

2. bulk, mass, volumenoun

   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"

3. bulkverb

   the property possessed by a large mass

4. bulkverb

   stick out or up

   "The parcel bulked in the sack"

5. bulge, bulkverb

   cause to bulge or swell outwards

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bulknoun

   Size, mass or volume.

2. bulknoun

   The major part of something.

3. bulknoun

   The result of water retained by fibre.

4. bulknoun

   Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.

5. bulknoun

   a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.

6. bulknoun

   Excess body mass, especially muscle.

7. bulknoun

   A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

8. bulkverb

   to be, or appear to be, massive

9. bulkverb

   to grow in size; to swell or expand

10. bulkadjective

    being large in size, mass or volume

11. Etymology: 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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BULKnoun

   Etymology: bulcke, Dutch, the breast, or largest part of a man.

   1. Magnitude; size; quantity.

   Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

   The Spaniards and Portuguese have ships of great bulk, but fitter for the merchant than the man of war; for burden than for battle. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   Though an animal arrives at its full growth, at a certain age, perhaps it never comes to its full bulk till the last period of life. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   2. Greatness; largeness.

   Things, or objects, cannot enter into the mind, as they subsist in themselves, and, by their own natural bulk, pass into the apprehension; but they are taken in by their ideas. South.

   3. The gross; the majority.

   Those very points, in which these wise men disagreed from the bulk of the people, are points in which they agreed with the received doctrines of our nature. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 51.

   Change in property, through the bulk of a nation, makes slow marches, and its due power always attends it. Jonathan Swift.

   The bulk of the debt must be lessened gradually. Jonathan Swift.

   4. Main fabrick.

   He rais’d a sigh, so piteous and profound,
   That it did seem to shatter all his bulk,
   And end his being. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   5. The main part of a ship’s cargo; as, to break bulk, is to open the cargo.

2. Bulknoun

   A part of a building jutting out.

   Etymology: corrupted from borough.

   Here stand behind this bulk. Straight will he come:
   Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   The keeper coming up, found Jack with no life in him; he took down the body, and laid it on a bulk, and brought out the rope to the company. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bulk

   Bulk refers to large size or volume, or a majority or major part of something. It can also refer to goods or materials in large quantities or volumes, typically for commercial purposes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bulknoun

   magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk

2. Bulknoun

   the main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt

3. Bulknoun

   the cargo of a vessel when stowed

4. Bulknoun

   the body

5. Bulkverb

   to appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell

6. Bulk

   a projecting part of a building

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bulk

   bulk, n. a stall or framework built in front of a shop.—n. Bulk′er, a street thief or strumpet. [Ety. dub.; Prof. Skeat suggests Scand. bálk-r, beam, and Dr Murray quotes also an A.S. bolca, gangway of a ship.]

2. Bulk

   bulk, n. magnitude or size: the greater part: any huge body or structure: the whole cargo in the hold of a ship.—v.i. to be in bulk: to be of weight or importance.—v.t. to put or hold in bulk.—ns. Bulk′head, a partition separating one part of the interior of a ship from another, either transverse or longitudinal, and usually made watertight; Bulk′iness.—adj. Bulk′y, having bulk: of great size, unwieldy.—Collision bulkhead, that nearest the bow—usually the only one in sailing-ships.—To load in bulk, to put the cargo in loose; To sell in bulk, to sell the cargo as it is in the hold: to sell in large quantities. [Prob. Scand.; Ice. bulki, a heap.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bulk

   In bulk; things stowed without cases or packages. (See BULK-HEAD and LADEN IN BULK.)

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1. BULK

   What does BULK stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BULK acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BULK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bulk is ranked #90495 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bulk surname appeared 204 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bulk.
   
   89.7% or 183 total occurrences were White.
   3.9% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
   3.9% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Bulge
   • Number
   • Swell

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bulk' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4440

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bulk' in Nouns Frequency: #1809

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How to pronounce bulk?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bulk in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bulk in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bulk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bulk in a Sentence

1. World Athletics:

   I do think that the bulk of the world will be at the Games, and I really hope that they are able to avail themselves if they have vaccines going in their communities, at the moment, the National Olympic Committees around the world are in dialog with their own governments in different ways.

2. Jeffrey Landsberg:

   While dry-bulk rates often face at least some pressure during the early stages of a year, the magnitude of the declines being seen lately have been very rare.

3. Rod Hilton:

   I think to a lot of fans, Star Wars is Luke Skywalker story. Unfortunately, the prequels kind of refocused the entire saga on Anakin Skywalker and made it Luke Skywalker story -- which doesn't work as well because Anakin Skywalker's not a sympathetic or engaging character, machete Order includes the bulk of the prequel material... but Luke's position as the narrative center is restored.

4. Jim Williams:

   It is likely that the market will over-react, my worry is if the upgrader facilities that push out the bulk of the heavy Canadian crude to the U.S. get damaged. Then you have a big problem.

5. House Speaker John Boehner:

   Now we're going to carry the bulk of the votes to get trade promotion authority done for the President.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bulk
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bulk
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bulk
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulk
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bulk
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=bulk
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bulk