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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhlk]
- /bʌlk/
- /bʌlk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhlk]
- /bʌlk/
Definitions of bulk word
- singular noun bulk You can refer to something's bulk when you want to emphasize that it is very large. 3
- singular noun bulk You can refer to a large person's body or to their weight or size as their bulk. 3
- quantifier bulk The bulk of something is most of it. 3
- quantifier bulk Bulk is also a pronoun. 3
- uncountable noun bulk If you buy or sell something in bulk, you buy or sell it in large quantities. 3
- noun bulk volume, size, or magnitude, esp when great 3
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Origin of bulk
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English bolke heap, cargo, hold < Old Norse bulki cargo, ship's hold
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bulk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bulk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bulk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bulk
noun bulk
- weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- volume — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- amount — The amount of something is how much there is, or how much you have, need, or get.
- total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
Antonyms for bulk
noun bulk
- insignificance — the quality or condition of being insignificant; lack of importance or consequence.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- tininess — very small; minute; wee.
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