bulk

CEFRB2

/bʌlk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The large size or main mass of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A large amount of goods bought together.

Examples

  • Great bulk does not always mean great weight.

  • The bulk of the population lives in cities.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any huge body or structure.

  2. The major part of something.

  3. Size, specifically, volume.

More examples

In context

  • We buy stationery in bulk.

  • The bulk of my income comes from my office job, but I also teach a couple of evening classes.

  • The bulk of the criticisms were invalid.

Quick test

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, pile, prop”). Compare Icelandic búlkast (“to be bulky”), Swedish dialectal bulk (“a bunch”), Danish bulk (“bump, knob”). Conflated with Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk”).