[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bulk \bulk\ bu^lk, n. oe. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. dan. bulk
   lump, clod, osw. bolk crowd, mass, icel. b?lkast to be bulky.
   cf. boll, n., bile a boil, bulge, n.
   1. magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size;
      as, an ox or ship of great bulk.
      1913 webster

            against these forces there were prepared near one
            hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a
            more nimble motion, and more serviceable. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. the main mass or body; the largest or principal portion;
      the majority; as, the bulk of a debt.
      1913 webster

            the bulk of the people must labor, burke told them,
            "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." --j.
                                                  morley.
      1913 webster

   3. naut. the cargo of a vessel when stowed.
      1913 webster

   4. the body. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

            my liver leaped within my bulk.       --turbervile.
      1913 webster

   barrel bulk. see under barrel.

   to break bulk naut., to begin to unload or more the
      cargo.

   in bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate
      packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape
      that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.

   laden in bulk, stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in
      the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.

   sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight
      or measure.
      1913 webster

   syn: size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness;
        massiveness.
        1913 webster
see also:
boll bile bulge barrel bulk barrel to break bulk 
in bulk laden in bulk stowed in bulk sale by bulk 

Bulk >> B Words
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Stowed >> S Words
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Bulk Mail >> B Words
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Bulk Modulus >> B Words
Bulk Modulus, definition of term: Bulk Modulus
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