bulk

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 15.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Size, specifically, volume.
2. noun Any huge body or structure.

   The obese woman couldn't ease her bulk through the narrow passageway.

3. noun The major part of something. Majority, balance.

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

4. noun Majority, balance.

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

5. noun Gist.

   I understood the bulk of what you were saying, just one of two points I need to hear again.

6. noun Dietary fibre.
7. noun Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore, or grain.
8. noun A cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.

Similar words

bulge mass majority wholesale volume bulky heavy heft voluminous thick

Often followed by

of and density modulus to is or material in

Word family

bulked bulking bulks bulky