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[ noun ] the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
Synonyms Examples "the majority of his customers prefer it" "the bulk of the work is finished" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)The bulk of the preparation had , of_course , proceeded under the supervision of the Ministry_of_the_Interior , whose officials are barred from party activity and probably generally disinterested in party politics . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The bulk of the press_corps was covering Rheinholdt 's conference . |
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[ verb ] stick out or up
Examples "The parcel bulked in the sack" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)It bulks under a veil of thin , new grass , like some embarrassing fact of physicalness , and I think Mrs._Pastern set_out the statuary to soften its meaning . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the property of something that is great in magnitude
Examples "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk" "he received a mass of correspondence" "the volume of exports" Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)For he seemed to sense at_once that before him was no South_Sea , but the solid bulk of the North_American continent . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] large in quantity or volume
Examples "a bulk buy" "bulk mailing" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)The use of bulk handling is continuously growing . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the property possessed by a large mass
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