noun
- The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part.
- usage: "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"
- The property of something that is great in magnitude.
- usage: "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
- The property possessed by a large mass.
verb
- Stick out or up.
- usage: "The parcel bulked in the sack"
- Cause to bulge or swell outwards.
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(
Military) BULK stands for
bulk cargo
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.