Anagram Solver

Definitions for Bulk

[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] (of paper, cardboard, yarn, etc.) thickness, especially in relation to weight.
[6] the body of a living creature.
[7] bulk mail.
[8] being or traded in bulk: bulk grain.
[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.
[13] to cause to swell, grow, or increase in weight or thickness.
[14] to gather, bring together, or mix.
[15] bulk up , to increase the bulk of, especially by increasing the thickness of: Adding four chapters will bulk up the book.
[16] in bulk , unpackaged: Fresh orange juice is shipped from Florida in bulk. in large quantities: Those who buy in bulk receive a discount.
[17] a structure, as a stall, projecting from the front of a building.
[18] volume, size, or magnitude, esp when great
[19] the main part the bulk of the work is repetitious
[20] a large body, esp of a person he eased his bulk out of the chair
[21] the part of food which passes unabsorbed through the digestive system he eased his bulk out of the chair
[22] unpackaged cargo or goods
[23] a ship's cargo or hold
[24] printing the thickness of a number of sheets of paper or cardboard the thickness of a book excluding its covers
[25] (plural) copies of newspapers sold in bulk at a discounted price to hotels, airlines, etc which issue them free to their customers
[26] in bulk in large quantities (of a cargo, etc) unpackaged
[27] to cohere or cause to cohere in a mass
[28] to place, hold, or transport (several cargoes of goods) in bulk
[29] bulk large to be or seem important or prominent the problem bulked large in his mind

Words related to Bulk

weight, volume, amount, extent, total, quantity, majority, totality, massiveness, dimensions, substance, bigness, quantum, magnitude, mass, amplitude, aggregate, immensity, body, gross

Words nearby Bulk

bulgur, bulgy, bulimarexia, bulimia, bulimic, bulk, bulk buying, bulk carrier, bulk mail, bulk modulus, bulk up

Origin of Bulk

21350–1400; Middle English: stall; apparently special use of bulk1

Word origin for Bulk

C15: from Old Norse bulki cargo

Synonyms for Bulk

amount, extent, quantity, total, volume, weight, aggregate, amplitude, bigness, dimensions, immensity, magnitude, mass, massiveness, quantum, substance, totality