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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
bulk
/bʌlk/
noun1 of 3
big size; largeness; heaviness
- “The bulk of his work is in the urban area.”Tatoeba
- “If you buy in bulk, you can get a discount.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 3
To grow in size; to swell or expand.
adjective3 of 3
Being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.)
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)