bulk

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭlk, IPA: /bʌlk/, SAMPA: /bVlk/
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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse búlki.

[edit] Noun

bulk (countable and uncountable; plural bulks)

1. Size, mass or volume.
2. The major part of something.
3. (food) The result of water retained by fibre.
4. (uncountable) (transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
5. (countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
6. (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
7. (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

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[edit] Adjective

bulk (comparative bulkier, superlative bulkiest)

1. being large in size, mass or volume

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[edit] Verb

to bulk (third-person singular simple present bulks, present participle bulking, simple past and past participle bulked)

1. to be, or appear to be, massive
2. to grow in size; to swell or expand

[edit] Related terms

• bulkhead
• bulky
• bulk up
• in bulk