Definitions for bulk

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Spelling: [buhlk]

IPA: /bʌlk/

Bulk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in bulk (bklu).

Definitions for bulk

noun

1. magnitude in three dimensions:
2. the greater part; main mass or body:
3. goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usually transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or petroleum.
4. fiber (def 9).
5. (of paper, cardboard, yarn, etc.) thickness, especially in relation to weight.
6. the body of a living creature.
7. bulk mail.
8. a structure, as a stall, projecting from the front of a building.

Idioms

1. in bulk, unpackaged: in large quantities:

adjective

1. being or traded in bulk:

Verb phrases

1. bulk up, to increase the bulk of, especially by increasing the thickness of:

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to swell, grow, or increase in weight or thickness.
2. to gather, bring together, or mix.

verb (used without object)

1. to increase in size; expand; swell.
2. to be of or give the appearance of great weight, size, or importance:
3. (of paper, cardboard, yarn, etc.) to be of or to acquire a specific thickness, especially in relation to weight.
4. to gather, form, or mix into a cohesive or uniform mass.

Origin of bulk

1400-50; late Middle English bolke heap, cargo, hold Old Norse bulki cargo, ship's hold

Examples for bulk

Both Just Label It and the Non-GMO Project receive the bulk of their donations from natural foods companies.

More to the point, Huckabee has a natural appeal to a party that has come to represent the bulk of working class white voters.

The machine is now set in motion, and the bulk of the solvent is drawn off.

Besides, you will hold the rope for me, it may not be strong enough for my bulk in itself.

When it has doubled in bulk, remove it from the bowl and knead it.

For too long, luxury boats have size and bulk on their side, but in design terms they rarely surprise or look as stunning as STAR.

Are white Hawks fans less likely to attend if the bulk of the fans are black?

The brig loaded with cocao, in bulk, at Guayaquil, and sailed for Cadiz.

The bulk of the premiere actually put an unexpected spin on the ripped-from-the-headlines story.

The importance of bulk in foods cannot be emphasized too much.