bulk

/bʌlk/

Thân thiện

Buying rice in bulk saves money at the grocery store.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Large size or mass: The property of something that is large in physical dimensions or volume.
   • The main or greater part: The majority or largest portion of something.
   • A large mass or shape: A distinct, often shapeless, large body or collection of material.

2. Verb:

   • To appear large or massive: To seem or be large in size or importance.
   • To cause to swell or protrude: To make something bulge or stick out.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The sheer bulk of the elephant was impressive. (The large physical size of the elephant was impressive.)
  • We bought rice in bulk to save money. (We bought rice in large quantity to save money.)
  • The bulk of the evidence supports this theory. (The majority of the evidence supports this theory.)

• Verb:

  • The package bulked oddly in his backpack. (The package stuck out in a large, odd shape in his backpack.)
  • Adding the fertilizer caused the soil to bulk up. (Adding the fertilizer caused the soil to swell in volume.)

Advanced Usage

• "In bulk": Purchasing or dealing with goods in large quantities, not pre-packaged in small units.

  • Supermarkets often sell items like grains and detergent in bulk.

• "The bulk of": Used to refer to the largest part or majority of a group or amount.

  • She completed the bulk of the research during the summer.

Variants and Related Words

• Bulky (adj): Taking up much space, large and awkward to handle.

  • The furniture was too bulky to fit through the door.

• Bulking (n/adj): The process of increasing in size or volume. Often used in fitness ("bulking up") or manufacturing.

  • His weightlifting routine focused on bulking.

Synonyms

• Mass: A large body of matter with no definite shape.
• Majority: The greater number or part.
• Volume: The amount of space a substance occupies.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Bulk up: To increase in size, volume, or muscle mass.

  • He started lifting weights to bulk up for the football season.

• Bulk out: To make something appear larger or fuller by adding material.

  • She used padding to bulk out the shoulders of the jacket.

Related Idioms

• Bulk large: To be or seem very important or significant.
  • The issue of climate change bulks large in the political debate.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the property possessed by a large mass
2. 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
3. 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

Verb

1. cause to bulge or swell outwards
2. stick out or up
   • The parcel bulked in the sack

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mass
• volume
• majority
• bulge