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bulk

-1 n. பேரளவு, பெரும்பகுதி, பரும் அளவு, திரள், பேருருவம், பெரும் பிண்டம்,புகையிலைப் பெருங்தொகுதி, கப்பல் ஏற்றிச்செல்லும் சரக்கு, வயிறு, பெட்டி, உடல் நடுப்பகுதி, கப்பலின் அடிப்பாகம், கப்பலின் உடற்பகுதி, (வினை) பேரளவுடையதாகத் தோன்று, மிகைபடத்தோன்று, குவி.-2 n. கடையின் முகப்பு விற்பனை மேடை.


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Bulk, n. Etym: [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) Defn: The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. -- To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. -- In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. -- Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. -- Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn. -- Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness. Bulk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bulking.] Defn: To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. Leslie Stephen. Bulk, n. Etym: [Icel. balkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk, n. & v.] Defn: A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. Shak. Bulk, n. Etym: [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon. 2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." J. Morley. 3. (Naut.) Defn: The cargo of a vessel when stowed. 4. The body. [Obs.] Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel. -- To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo. -- In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold. -- Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks. -- Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure. Syn. -- Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness. Bulk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bulking.] Defn: To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. Leslie Stephen. Bulk, n. Etym: [Icel. balkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk, n. & v.] Defn: A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. Shak.


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