bulk

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[[t]bʌlk[/t]]

n.

1) magnitude in three dimensions, esp. when great

2) the greater part; main mass or body:

The bulk of the debt was paid[/ex]

3) trs goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usu. transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or petroleum

4) nut

fiber 9)

5) the body of a living creature

6) mail

bulk mail

7) being or involving material in bulk

8) to increase in size; expand; swell

9) to be of great weight, size, or importance:

The problem bulks large in his mind[/ex]

10) to cause to swell, grow, or increase in weight or thickness (often fol. by up)

11) to gather, bring together, or mix

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- in bulk

Etymology: 1400–50; late ME bolke cargo, hold < ON bulki cargo II

bulk

[[t]bʌlk[/t]] n.

archit. a structure, as a stall, projecting from the front of a building

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Etymology: 1350–1400; ME: stall; appar. identical with bulk I