Definizione monolingua

bulk

bulk (third-person singular simple present bulks, present participle bulking, simple past and past participle bulked)

1. to be, or appear to be, massive
2. to grow in size; to swell or expand

bulk (countable and uncountable; plural bulks)

1. Size, mass or volume.
   • 1729. I Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philo?ophy

     The Quantity of Matter is the mea?ure of the ?ame, arising from its den?ity and bulk conjunctly.

2. The major part of something.
   • 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, Guardian:

     Im convinced that the nuts very nutritiousness is to blame for the dishs poor reputation. Theyre so dense that a loaf made primarily from nuts would be more suitable for slicing into energy bars and selling to mountaineering supply shops - hence the main bulk of a nut roast is generally some form of carbohydrate, intended to lighten the load.

3. The result of water retained by fibre.
4. (uncountable) (transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
5. (countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.
6. (bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.
7. (brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

bulk (comparative bulkier, superlative bulkiest)

1. being large in size, mass or volume

Definizione dizionario bulk

ammontare

bulk

carico

dimensione

massa

misura

mole

quantità

rinfusa

Altri significati:

to be, or appear to be, massive

(countable) a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo.

(brane cosmology) A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist.

The major part of something.

(food) The result of water retained by fibre.

unpackaged goods in transport

major part of something

large in size, mass, or volume

Size, mass or volume.

being large in size, mass or volume

(uncountable) (transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.

(bodybuilding) Excess body mass, especially muscle.

to grow in size; to swell or expand

size, mass or volume