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noun large size ADJ. considerable, formidable, huge, massive, sheer I was amazed by the sheer bulk of the creature. | dark, looming, solid VERB + BULK ease, heave, shift (used about people) He heaved his considerable bulk into the chair. large amount ADJ. great, large, overwhelming, vast BULK + NOUN buying, order, purchasing PREP. in ~ Sugar is imported in bulk from the mainland. PHRASES the bulk of (= most of) The great bulk of the work has now been done. | buy in bulk It's usually cheaper to buy in bulk.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary