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Another word for bulk

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Noun

  1. Size

      1. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
      2. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
      3. A corpse or carcass.
      1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
      2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
      3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:
      1. The quality or condition of being thick.
      2. The dimension between two surfaces of an object, usually the dimension of smallest measure.
      3. A layer, sheet, stratum, or ply:
      1. The property of being physically large.
      2. The quality of not being limited or constrained; having great scope.
      1. Weight; heaviness; bulk.
      2. To lift (something) in order to judge or estimate its weight.
      3. To hoist (something); heave.
      1. A measure of the heaviness of an object:
      2. The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
      3. A unit measure of gravitational force:
      1. A specified or indefinite number or amount:
      2. A considerable amount or number:
      3. An exact amount or number:
      1. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
      2. A number; a sum.
      3. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
      1. A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.
      2. One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.
      3. A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.
      1. The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of an object.
      2. Any of a series of graduated categories of dimension whereby manufactured articles, such as shoes and clothing, are classified.
      3. Considerable extent, amount, or dimensions:
      1. The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends:
      2. The degree to which a thing extends:
      3. An extensive space or area:
      1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
      2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
      3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:
      1. Greatness of rank or position:
      2. Greatness in size or extent:
      3. Greatness in significance or influence:
    See also:

    size

    quantity

  2. Major portion

    Antonyms:

Synonym Study

  • Bulk , mass , and volume all refer to a quantity of matter or collection of units forming a body or whole, bulk implying a body of great size, weight, or numbers the lumbering bulk of a hippopotamus, the bulk of humanity, mass, an aggregate, multitude, or expanse forming a cohesive, unified, or solid body an egg-shaped mass, a mass of color, the mass of workers, and volume, a moving or flowing mass, often of a fluctuating nature volumes of smoke, the volume of production
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Another word for bulk

Noun

  1. Great extent, amount, or dimension

      1. A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.
      2. One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.
      3. A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.
      1. The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or extent of an object.
      2. Any of a series of graduated categories of dimension whereby manufactured articles, such as shoes and clothing, are classified.
      3. Considerable extent, amount, or dimensions:
      1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
      2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
      3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:
      1. Greatness of rank or position:
      2. Greatness in size or extent:
      3. Greatness in significance or influence:
      1. Greatness of size; magnitude.
      2. Fullness; copiousness.
      3. Breadth or range, as of intelligence.
    See also:

    big

  2. A measurable whole

      1. The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently, especially a discrete quantity of electromagnetic radiation.
      2. This amount of energy regarded as a unit.
      3. A quantity or amount.
      1. A specified or indefinite number or amount:
      2. A considerable amount or number:
      3. An exact amount or number:
      1. A large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject.
      2. A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis.
      3. The capital or principal amount, as of an estate or trust.
      1. An itemized summary of estimated or intended expenditures for a given period along with proposals for financing them:
      2. A systematic plan for the expenditure of a usually fixed resource, such as money or time, during a given period:
      3. The total sum of money allocated for a particular purpose or period of time:
      1. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
      2. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
      3. A corpse or carcass.
      1. The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.
      2. A number; a sum.
      3. A principal plus its interest, as in a loan.
    See also:

    big

  3. A separate and distinct portion of matter

      1. Something perceptible by one or more of the senses, especially by vision or touch; a material thing.
      2. A focus of attention, feeling, thought, or action:
      3. A limiting factor that must be considered:
      1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape:
      2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity:
      3. A large but nonspecific amount or number:
      1. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
      2. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
      3. A corpse or carcass.
    See also:

    matter

  4. Solid and well-developed muscles

    See also:

    body

  5. The main part

      1. A large collection of writings of a specific kind or on a specific subject.
      2. A collection of writings or recorded remarks used for linguistic analysis.
      3. The capital or principal amount, as of an estate or trust.
      1. The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
      2. The physical aspect of a person as opposed to the spirit; the flesh.
      3. A corpse or carcass.
    See also:

    big

  6. The greatest part or portion

    See also:

    big

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Sentence Examples

  • The bulk of the land was still farmed.

  • Apart from the schools under the ministry of war (Cossack voiskos and schools at the barracks), the great bulk of the primary schools are either under the ministry of public instruction or of the Holy Synod.

  • We may reckon these measures among the earliest advantages extended to the cities, which still contained the bulk of the old Roman population, and which were destined to intervene with decisive effect two centuries later in Italian history.

  • The regular military was in no position to help, not when the bulk of it was overseas.

  • He traces the original home of the bulk of existing alpine plants to northern Asia.

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