bulk

Speech parts

1. bulk - Noun

2. bulk - Adjective

3. bulk - Verb

Meaning

The body.

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.

The cargo of a vessel when stowed.

To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.

A projecting part of a building.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

volume mass size magnitude body amount majority bigness extent quantity dimension bulge weight largeness cyclops
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Antonyms

development few period little stage basic
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Hypernyms

mass number figure magnitude pouch swell

Hyponyms

turnover dollar volume

Related terms

bulky bulkhead bulker bulk up bulk out in bulk

Phrases with the word

in bulk bulk up bulk out bulk data bulk warehouse bulk shop

Derivatives

bulked bulking

Examples

The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. George Orwell

The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction. Helen Keller

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that. Lucinda Williams

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. Walt Whitman

We live in a world where bulk is equated with quality. Robertson Davies

I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth. Jonathan Swift

Close letter words and terms

bulimy bulin bulinid bulk action bulk bill bulk billing