bulk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
the majority of his customers prefer it
Types & categories
- number hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
stick out or up
The parcel bulked in the sack
Types & categories
- bulge hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the property of something that is great in magnitude
it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
Types & categories
- magnitude hypernym
- dollar volume hyponym
Related & opposite
- bulky derivation
- voluminous derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to bulge or swell outwards
Types & categories
- swell hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the property possessed by a large mass
Types & categories
- mass hypernym
Related & opposite
- bulky derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | minority |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | major |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | major |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | number |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bulge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulky |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | voluminous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | magnitude |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dollar volume |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | bulge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extrusion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | swell |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulky |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mass |