bulk

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. [[size|Size]], specifically, [[volume]].
2. Any [[huge]] [[body]] or [[structure]].
3. The [[major]] [[part]] of something.
4. [[dietary fibre|Dietary fibre]].
5. {{lb|en|uncountable|transport}} [[unpackaged|Unpackaged]] [[goods]] when [[transporte]]d in [[large]] [[volume]]s, e.g. [[coal]], [[ore]]{{,}} or [[grain]].
6. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[cargo]] or any [[item]]s [[move]]d or [[communicate]]d in the [[manner]] of cargo.
7. {{lb|en|bodybuilding}} [[excess|Excess]] [[body mass]], especially [[muscle]].
8. {{lb|en|bodybuilding}} A [[period]] where one tries to [[gain]] [[muscle]].
9. {{lb|en|brane|_|cosmology}} A [[hypothetical]] [[higher-dimensional]] [[space]] within which our own [[four-dimensional]] [[universe]] may [[exist]].
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[body]].

Adjective

1. Being [[large]] in [[size]], [[mass]]{{,}} or [[volume]] (of [[goods]], etc.).
2. {{U|total}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[appear]] or [[seem]] to be, as to bulk or [[extent]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[grow]] in [[size]]; to [[swell]] or [[expand]].
3. {{senseid|en|gainmass}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[gain]] [[body mass]] [[by means of]] [[diet]], [[exercise]], etc.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put]] or [[hold]] in bulk.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[add]] bulk to; to [[bulk out]].

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