1.
You can refer to something’s ~ when you want to emphasize that it is very large. (WRITTEN)
...the shadowy ~ 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 ~.
Bannol lowered his ~ carefully into the chair...
Despite his ~ he moved lightly on his feet.
N-SING: usu poss N
3.
The ~ of something is most of it.
The ~ of the text is essentially a review of these original documents...
The vast ~ 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 ~ is from the Indian subcontinent.
PRON
4.
If you buy or sell something in ~, you buy or sell it in large quantities.
Buying in ~ is more economical than shopping for small quantities.
...~ purchasing.
N-UNCOUNT: in N, N n