transcription, транскрипция: [ bʌlk ]
1.
You can refer to something’s bulk when you want to emphasize that it is very large. ( WRITTEN )
...the shadowy bulk of an ancient barn.
N-SING : with supp [ emphasis ]
2.
You can refer to a large person’s body or to their weight or size as their bulk .
Bannol lowered his bulk carefully into the chair...
Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.
N-SING : usu poss N
3.
The bulk of something is most of it.
The bulk of the text is essentially a review of these original documents...
The vast bulk of imports and exports are carried by sea.
= majority
QUANT : QUANT of def-n
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Bulk is also a pronoun.
They come from all over the world, though the bulk is from the Indian subcontinent.
PRON
4.
If you buy or sell something in bulk , you buy or sell it in large quantities.
Buying in bulk is more economical than shopping for small quantities.
...bulk purchasing.
N-UNCOUNT : in N , N n