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Overview of noun bulk

      »   The noun bulk has 3 meanings (first 2 from tagged texts)

• majority, bulk -- (the Property1.) Place, property -- (any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House")
  
  2.) Property, belongings, holding, material possession -- (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";)
  
  property resulting from Being1.) Being, beingness, existence -- (the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries")
  
  2.) Organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
  
  being or Relating1.) Associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all")
  
  2.) Refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on -- (have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments")
  
  relating to the Greater1.) Greater -- (greater in size or importance or degree; "for the greater good of the community"; "the greater Antilles")
  
  1.) Great -- (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay")
  
  greater in number of two Parts1.) Parts -- (the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years")
  
  1.) Part, portion, component part, component -- (something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach")
  
  parts; the Main1.) Main, briny -- (any very large body of (salt) water)
  
  2.) Main -- (a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage)
  
  main part; "the Majority1.) Majority, bulk -- (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")
  
  2.) Majority, absolute majority -- ((elections) more than half of the votes)
  
  majority of his Customers1.) Customer, client -- (someone who pays for goods or services)
  
  customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished")

• bulk, Mass1.) Mass -- (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
  
  2.) Batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty")
  
  mass, volume -- (the Property1.) Place, property -- (any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House")
  
  2.) Property, belongings, holding, material possession -- (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";)
  
  property of Something1.) Something -- (a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?")
  
  something that is Great1.) Great -- (a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; "he is one of the greats of American music")
  
  1.) Great -- (relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; "a great juicy steak"; "a great multitude"; "the great auk"; "a great old oak"; "a great ocean liner"; "a great delay")
  
  great in Magnitude1.) Magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")
  
  2.) Order of magnitude, magnitude -- (a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10)
  
  magnitude; "it is Cheaper1.) Cheap, inexpensive -- (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants")
  
  2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")
  
  cheaper to Buy1.) Bargain, buy, steal -- (an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price")
  
  1.) Buy, purchase -- (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store")
  
  buy it in bulk"; "he Received1.) Receive, have -- (get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front")
  
  2.) Receive, get, find, obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions")
  
  received a Mass1.) Mass -- (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
  
  2.) Batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty")
  
  mass of correspondence"; "the Volume1.) Volume -- (the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume")
  
  2.) Bulk, mass, volume -- (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")
  
  volume of exports")

• bulk -- (the Property1.) Place, property -- (any area set aside for a particular purpose; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House")
  
  2.) Property, belongings, holding, material possession -- (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";)
  
  property possessed by a Large1.) Large -- (a garment size for a large person)
  
  1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  
  large mass)

Overview of verb bulk
      »   The verb bulk has 2 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• bulk -- (Stick1.) Stick -- (an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick")
  
  2.) Stick -- (a small thin branch of a tree)
  
  stick out or up; "The Parcel1.) Package, parcel -- (a wrapped container)
  
  2.) Parcel, portion, share -- (the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians")
  
  parcel bulked in the sack")

• bulge, bulk -- (Cause1.) Cause -- (events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash")
  
  2.) Cause, reason, grounds -- (a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice")
  
  cause to Bulge1.) Bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence -- (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns")
  
  1.) Bulge, pouch, protrude -- (swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal")
  
  bulge or Swell1.) Swell, crestless wave -- (the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea)
  
  2.) Swell -- (a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor))
  
  swell outwards)

Related Terms - "Bulk"

Meaning 1 of Bulkmajority, Bulk1.) Majority, bulk -- (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")

2.) Bulk, mass, volume -- (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")

Bulk - 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" number, figure

• Numerousness1.) Numerousness, numerosity, Multiplicity1.) Multiplicity -- (the property of being multiple)
  
  2.) Numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity -- (a large number)
  
  Multiplicity - The property of being multiple -- (a large number)
  
  Numerousness, Numerosity1.) Numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity -- (a large number)
  
  Numerosity, Multiplicity1.) Multiplicity -- (the property of being multiple)
  
  2.) Numerousness, numerosity, multiplicity -- (a large number)
  
  Multiplicity - A large number

• Preponderance1.) Preponderance -- (superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power")
  
  2.) Preponderance, prevalence -- (a superiority in numbers or Amount1.) Amount -- (how much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people")
  
  2.) Sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money -- (a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient")
  
  Amount - How much of something is available; "an adequate amount of food for four people"; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant")
  
  Preponderance, Prevalence1.) Prevalence -- (the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future")
  
  2.) Prevalence -- ((epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population)
  
  Prevalence - Superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power"

• Innumerableness1.) Innumerableness, countlessness -- (a number beyond counting)
  
  Innumerableness, Countlessness1.) Innumerableness, countlessness -- (a number beyond counting)
  
  Countlessness - A number beyond counting

• Majority1.) Majority, bulk -- (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")
  
  2.) Majority, absolute majority -- ((elections) more than half of the votes)
  
  Majority, Bulk1.) Majority, bulk -- (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")
  
  2.) Bulk, mass, volume -- (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")
  
  Bulk - 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"

• Minority1.) Minority -- (a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part)
  
  2.) Minority -- (being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts; "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position")
  
  Minority - A group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

• Fewness1.) Fewness -- (the quality of being small in number)
  
  Fewness - The quality of being small in number

• Roundness1.) Roundness, rotundity -- (the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness")
  
  2.) Roundness -- (the quality of being round numbers; "he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making")
  
  Roundness - The fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness"

Meaning 2 of Bulkbulk, mass, volume magnitude

• Absolute magnitude1.) Absolute magnitude -- ((astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth)
  
  Absolute magnitude - (astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earth

• Proportion1.) Proportion -- (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)
  
  2.) Proportion, Dimension1.) Dimension -- (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
  
  2.) Property, attribute, dimension -- (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property")
  
  Dimension - The magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height) -- (magnitude or Extent1.) Extent -- (the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right")
  
  2.) Extent -- (the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent")
  
  Extent - The point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right"; "a building of vast proportions")
  
  Proportion, Dimension1.) Dimension -- (the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height))
  
  2.) Property, attribute, dimension -- (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property")
  
  Dimension - The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

• Order1.) Order -- ((often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London")
  
  2.) Order, order of magnitude -- (a Degree1.) Degree, grade, level -- (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree")
  
  2.) Degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?")
  
  Degree - A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" in a continuum of Size1.) Size -- (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the Size1.) Size -- (the physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog")
  
  2.) Size -- (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe")
  
  Size - The physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" of a large dog")
  
  2.) Size -- (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing); "he wears a size 13 shoe")
  
  Size - The physical magnitude of something (how big it is); "a wolf is about the size of a large dog" or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude")
  
  Order, Order of magnitude1.) Order, order of magnitude -- (a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of magnitude")
  
  2.) Order of magnitude, magnitude -- (a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10)
  
  Order of magnitude - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"

• dimension - no definition found

• degree - no definition found

• Amplitude1.) Amplitude -- ((physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave)
  
  2.) Amplitude, bountifulness, bounty -- (the property of copious abundance)
  
  Amplitude - (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave

• multiplicity - no definition found

• Triplicity1.) Triplicity, trigon -- ((astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees)
  
  2.) Triplicity -- (the property of being triple)
  
  Triplicity - (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees

• size - no definition found

• size - no definition found

• Bulk1.) Majority, bulk -- (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")
  
  2.) Bulk, mass, volume -- (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")
  
  Bulk, Mass1.) Mass -- (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)
  
  2.) Batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew -- ((often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty")
  
  Mass, Volume1.) Volume -- (the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume")
  
  2.) Bulk, mass, volume -- (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")
  
  Volume - 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"

• Muchness1.) Muchness -- (greatness of quantity or measure or extent)
  
  Muchness - Greatness of quantity or measure or extent

• Intensity1.) Intensity, strength, intensity level -- (the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength")
  
  2.) Intensity, intensiveness -- (high level or degree; the property of being intense)
  
  Intensity, Strength1.) Strength -- (the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength")
  
  2.) Military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture -- (capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture")
  
  Strength, Intensity level1.) Intensity, strength, intensity level -- (the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength")
  
  Intensity level - The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

• amount - no definition found

• extent - no definition found

Meaning 3 of Bulkbulk mass

• Biomass1.) Biomass -- (plant materials and animal waste used as fuel)
  
  2.) Biomass -- (the total mass of living matter in a given unit area)
  
  Biomass - Plant materials and animal waste used as fuel

• Critical mass1.) Critical mass -- (the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture; "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass")
  
  2.) Critical mass -- (the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction)
  
  Critical mass - The minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture; "the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"; "there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"; "they sold the business because it lacked critical mass"

• Rest mass1.) Rest mass -- ((physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body)
  
  Rest mass - (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body

• Relativistic mass1.) Relativistic mass -- ((physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases)
  
  Relativistic mass - (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases

• bulk - no definition found

• Gravitational mass1.) Gravitational mass -- ((physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies)
  
  Gravitational mass - (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies

• Inertial mass1.) Inertial mass -- ((physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity)
  
  Inertial mass - (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity

• Atomic mass1.) Atomic mass -- ((chemistry) the mass (in atomic mass units) of an isotope of an element)
  
  Atomic mass - (chemistry) the mass (in atomic mass units) of an isotope of an element

• Atomic weight1.) Atomic weight, relative atomic mass -- ((chemistry) the ratio of the atomic mass of an element to half the atomic mass of carbon)
  
  Atomic weight, Relative atomic mass1.) Atomic weight, relative atomic mass -- ((chemistry) the ratio of the atomic mass of an element to half the atomic mass of carbon)
  
  Relative atomic mass - (chemistry) the ratio of the atomic mass of an element to half the atomic mass of carbon

• Mass energy1.) Mass energy -- ((physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy)
  
  Mass energy - (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy

• Molecular weight1.) Molecular weight, relative molecular mass -- ((chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule)
  
  Molecular weight, Relative molecular mass1.) Molecular weight, relative molecular mass -- ((chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule)
  
  Relative molecular mass - (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule

• Mass defect1.) Mass defect, mass deficiency -- (the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles)
  
  Mass defect, Mass deficiency1.) Mass defect, mass deficiency -- (the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles)
  
  Mass deficiency - The amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles