Definition of Bulk

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Definition of Bulk

Bulk

Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk.

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

The cargo of a vessel when stowed.

The body.

To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.

A projecting part of a building.

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Bulk Quotations

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
Sigmund Freud

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.
Walt Whitman

The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens.
Nicolaus Copernicus

I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.
Nora Roberts

An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.
Hernando Cortes

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.
Deborah Bull

My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record companies because they're not the Top 40 hit singles market. They forget these people still listen to music.
Helen Reddy

Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose connection with reality in the markets, shops and communities of the people.
David Korten

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.
Mike Huckabee

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.
Lucinda Williams

Bulk Translations

bulk in Afrikaans is grootte
bulk in Dutch is omvang, bestek, grootte
bulk in Finnish is laajuus
bulk in French is ampleur, grenier
bulk in Portuguese is volume
bulk in Spanish is bulto
bulk in Swedish is volym

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