bulk¹ /bulk/

1. Volume or size
2. Great size
3. The greater part
4. Any huge body or structure
5. A mass
6. A heap (now only of tobacco)
7. Roughage
8. The thickness of paper
9. The thickness of a book without its covers
10. A cargo
11. The belly, trunk or body
12. A hull or hold

1. To have bulk
2. To fill out (with out or up)
3. To be of weight or importance
4. (of paper, etc) to be of (specified) bulk

1. To put or hold in bulk
2. To transport (several different consignments) together as a single load
3. (often with out but also with up) to cause to swell, make greater in size

bulkˈily adverb

bulkˈiness noun

bulkˈy adjective

1. Having bulk
2. Filling much space
3. Unwieldy

bulkˈ-buyˈ transitive verb

bulk buying noun

1. Large-scale purchase of a commodity, esp on preferential terms and by a single buyer, sometimes on behalf of a body of consumers
2. Guaranteed purchase by one country of all or most of another's output of a commodity

bulk cargo noun

Cargo such as coal or wheat that is not packed in containers but loaded in bulk

bulk carrier noun

A vessel carrying bulk cargo

bulk discount noun

A reduction in a unit price when large quantities are purchased

break bulk see under break¹

bulk large

1. To be prominent or intrusive
2. To seem important

load in bulk

To put cargo in loose

sell in bulk

1. To sell cargo as it is in the hold
2. To sell in large quantities

bulk² /bulk/

A stall or framework built in front of a shop

bulkˈer noun (archaic)

A street thief or prostitute

• give out
• give over
• give over to
• give pause
• give place
• give place to
• give points to
• giver
• give rein
• give rise to
• givers
• gives
• give someone a bell
• give someone a leg up
• give someone a start
• give someone a tinkle
• give someone beans
• give someone best
• give someone five
• give someone gyp
• give someone hell
• give someone her due
• give someone her head
• give someone his due
• give someone his head