Толковый словарь английского языка - bulk
Bulk
bulk
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, heap, ~, from Old Norse ~i cargo Date: 15th century 1. spatial dimension ; magnitude , material that forms a mass in the intestine, 2. body , an organized structure especially when viewed primarily as a mass of material, a ponderous shapeless mass, the main or greater part, Synonyms: see: ~ II. verb Date: 1540 transitive verb to cause to swell or bulge ; stuff , to gather into a mass or aggregate, intransitive verb swell , expand , to appear as a factor ; loom , III. adjective Date: 1693 being in ~ , of or relating to materials in ~
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n. & v. --n. 1 a size; magnitude (esp. large). b a large mass, body, or person. c a large quantity. 2 a large shape, body, or person (jacket barely covered his bulk). 3 (usu. prec. by the; treated as pl.) the greater part or number (the bulk of the applicants are women). 4 roughage. 5 Naut. cargo, esp. unpackaged. --v. 1 intr. seem in respect of size or importance (bulks large in his reckoning). 2 tr. make (a book, a textile yarn, etc.) seem thicker by suitable treatment (bulked it with irrelevant stories). 3 tr. combine (consignments etc.). Phrases and idioms break bulk begin unloading (cargo). bulk-buying 1 buying in large amounts at a discount. 2 the purchase by one buyer of all or most of a producer's output. in bulk 1 in large quantities. 2 (of a cargo) loose, not packaged. Etymology: sense 'cargo' f. OIcel. b{uacute}lki; sense 'mass' etc. perh. alt. f. obs. bouk (cf. BUCK(3)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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