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noun
1.
magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
2.
the greater part; main mass or body: The bulk of the debt was paid.
3.
goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usually transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or petroleum.
4.
fiber (def. 9).
5.
EXPAND(of paper, cardboard, yarn, etc.) thickness, especially in relation to weight.
adjective
8.
being or traded in bulk: bulk grain.
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Bulked
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object)
9.
to increase in size; expand; swell.
10.
to be of or give the appearance of great weight, size, or importance: The problem bulks large in his mind.
11.
(of paper, cardboard, yarn, etc.) to be of or to acquire a specific thickness, especially in relation to weight.
12.
to gather, form, or mix into a cohesive or uniform mass.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase13.
to cause to swell, grow, or increase in weight or thickness.
14.
to gather, bring together, or mix.
15.
Idiombulk up, to increase the bulk of, especially by increasing the thickness of: Adding four chapters will bulk up the book.
16.
in bulk,
a.
unpackaged: Fresh orange juice is shipped from Florida in bulk.
b.
in large quantities: Those who buy in bulk receive a discount.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English bolke heap, cargo, hold < Old Norse bulki cargo, ship's hold
1400–50; late Middle English bolke heap, cargo, hold < Old Norse bulki cargo, ship's hold
Pronunciation note
Bulk and bulge most often are pronounced with the vowel
[uh] of buck. In South Midland and Southern U.S. the [oo] of book and bull commonly occurs among all speakers. Standard British speech has only [uh]. EXPANDBoth types exist in British regional speech, and both were brought to the colonies, where each came to predominate in a different area and was carried west by migration
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Bulk and bulge most often are pronounced with the vowel
[uh] of buck. In South Midland and Southern U.S. the [oo] of book and bull commonly occurs among all speakers. Standard British speech has only [uh]. EXPANDBoth types exist in British regional speech, and both were brought to the colonies, where each came to predominate in a different area and was carried west by migrationCOLLAPSE
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Word Origin & History
bulk
mid-15c., from O.N. bulki "a heap, ship's cargo," thus "goods loaded loose," perhaps lit. "rolled-up load," from P.Gmc. *bul-, from PIE *bhl-, from base *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole). Meaning extended by confusion with obsolete bouk "belly" (from O.E. buc, from P.Gmc.
EXPAND*bukaz, from PIE root meaning "to swell"), which led to sense of "size," first attested mid-15c.
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