bulk
Size, specifically, volume.
Other meanings
Any huge body or structure.
“The obese woman couldn't ease her bulk through the narrow passageway.”
The major part of something.
Synonyms
- majority
Related words
- barrel bulk
- bulk-add
- bulk defect
- bulk-up
- bulkage
- bulk bill
- bulk billing
- bulk cargo
- bulk carrier
- bulk data
- bulk density
- bulk eraser
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Norse "búlki" (the freight or the cargo of a ship).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “bulk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.