Word a Day
bulk
What does bulk mean?
bulk (noun): size, specifically, volume.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce bulk?
/bʌlk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bulk come from?
From Middle English bulk, bolke (“a heap, cargo, hold; heap; bulge”), borrowed from Old Norse búlki (“the freight or the cargo of a ship”), from Proto-Germanic *bulkô (“beam, pile, heap”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of bulk?
Words related to bulk
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “bulk”?
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What does “bulk” mean?
the upper part of anything
Not quite: that's what top means.
a separate part of a whole
Not quite: that's what piece means.
size, specifically, volume
Right! That's what “bulk” means.
concentration of attention
Not quite: that's what focus means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “bulk”?
volume
Right!
season
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school
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course
Not quite: course means something else.
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