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• bulk — bulk1 /bulk/, n. 1. magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk. 2. the greater part; main mass or body: The bulk of the debt was paid. 3. goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usually transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or… …   Universalium

• bulk — [bʌlk] noun 1. the bulk of something the main or largest part of something: • The change in the tax system will affect the bulk of the population. • The bulk of the meetings would be held in Washington. 2. COMMERCE if you buy, sell, or make… …   Financial and business terms

• Bulk vending — is the sale of unsorted confections, nuts, gumballs, toys and novelties (in capsules) selected at random and dispensed generally through non electrically operated vending machines. Bulk vending is a separate segment of the vending industry from… …   Wikipedia

• bulk goods — ➔ goods * * * bulk goods UK US noun [plural] COMMERCE ► goods such as coal, grains, oil, or chemicals that are not packaged in any type of container and are stored, transported, and sold in large quantities: »We sell silos for the storage of bulk …   Financial and business terms

• bulk shipment — ➔ shipment * * * bulk shipment UK US noun [C or U] TRANSPORT ► a large quantity of goods sent together from one place to another, or the process of sending these goods: »Completely removing traces of biotech grain from bulk shipments may not be… …   Financial and business terms

• Grain elevator — Saskatchewan Wheat Pool No. 7, Thunder Bay, Ontario. A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility. In most …   Wikipedia

• Bulk carrier — The Sabrina I is a modern Handymax bulk carrier. Class overview Name: Freighter Subclasses …   Wikipedia

• Bulk cargo — A mini bulker taking on cargo in Brest. Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or as a mass of relatively small solids… …   Wikipedia

• Grain boundary — A grain boundary is the interface between two grains in a polycrystalline material. Grain boundaries disrupt the motion of dislocations through a material, so reducing crystallite size is a common way to improve strength, as described by the Hall …   Wikipedia

• bulk — I [[t]bʌlk[/t]] n. 1) magnitude in three dimensions, esp. when great 2) the greater part; main mass or body: The bulk of the debt was paid[/ex] 3) trs goods or cargo not in packages or boxes, usu. transported in large volume, as grain, coal, or… …   From formal English to slang

• grain elevator — noun A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that in uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it it designed to fill large trucks and train cars for …   Wiktionary