bulk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bulk	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for bulk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bulk n the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished" Synonym(s): majority, bulk Antonym(s): minority the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" Synonym(s): bulk, mass, volume the property possessed by a large mass v stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack" cause to bulge or swell outwards Synonym(s): bulge, bulk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulk \Bulk\ (b[ucr]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. 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. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, [bd]to obtain what by labor can be obtained.[b8] --J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] --Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. --Turbervile. {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. Syn: Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulk \Bulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bulked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bulking}.] To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. --Leslie Stephen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bulk \Bulk\, n. [Icel. b[be]lkr a beam, partition. Cf. {Balk}, n. & v.] A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. --Shak.