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Definition of Bulk
1. Verb. Stick out or up. "The parcel bulked in the sack"
2. Noun. The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part. "The bulk of the work is finished"
Generic synonyms: Figure, Number
Attributes: Major
Derivative terms: Major
Antonyms: Minority
3. Verb. Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
4. Noun. The property of something that is great in magnitude. "The volume of exports"
Generic synonyms: Magnitude
Specialized synonyms: Dollar Volume, Turnover
Derivative terms: Bulky, Voluminous
5. Noun. The property possessed by a large mass.
Definition of Bulk
1. n. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
2. v. i. To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.
3. n. A projecting part of a building.
Definition of Bulk
1. Noun. Size, mass or volume. ¹
2. Noun. The major part of something. ¹
3. Noun. The result of water retained by fibre. ¹
4. Noun. (transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain. ¹
5. Noun. a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. ¹
6. Noun. (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle. ¹
7. Noun. (context: brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. ¹
8. Adjective. being large in size, mass or volume ¹
9. Verb. to be, or appear to be, massive ¹
10. Verb. to grow in size; to swell or expand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bulk
1. to gather into a mass [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Bulk
1. To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. "The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment." (Leslie Stephen) Origin: Bulked; Bulking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)