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  • 21To break bulk — Bulk Bulk (b[u^]lk), n. [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b?lkast to be bulky. Cf. {Boll}, n., {Bile} a boil, {Bulge}, n.] 1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship …

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  • 22Great Barrier Reef — The Great Barrier Reef * UNESCO World Heritage Site …

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  • 23bulk — 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… …

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  • 24Great Lakes Engineering Works — The Great Lakes Engineering Works is a shipbuilding company with a shipyard in Ecorse, Michigan. It is most notable for its construction of the Edmund Fitzgerald.HistoryIn 1902, the Riverside Iron Works was taken over by the Great Lakes… …

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  • 25bulk — bulk1 [ bʌlk ] noun ** count usually singular something that is very large, wide, and solid: She heaved her formidable bulk off the frail chair. We looked up at the great dark bulk of the cathedral. a. uncount the fact of being large: Despite its …

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  • 26Great Lyakhovsky Island — Infobox Islands name = Great Lyakhovsky image caption = Map showing the location of Lyakhovsky Islands image size = locator Location map|Russia|lat=73.4|long=141.5 map custom = yes native name = Большой Ляховский native name link = Russian… …

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  • 27bulk — I UK [bʌlk] / US noun Word forms bulk : singular bulk plural bulks ** a) [countable, usually singular] something that is very large, wide, and solid She heaved her formidable bulk off the frail chair. We looked up at the great dark bulk of the… …

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  • 28bulk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. size, quantity, measure, amount, volume; mass, expanse; body; generality, majority. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Size] Syn. magnitude, mass, extent, size, volume, amount, quantity, weight, heft, largeness,… …

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  • 29bulk large — verb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing The terrible vision brooded over her all day long • Syn: ↑brood, ↑hover, ↑loom • Hypernyms: ↑hang • Hyponyms: ↑overshadow …

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  • 30Bulk — 1. a great many; a great amount: We ve got bulk people staying at our place ; 2. immense: It was bulk fun ; 3. cool; groovy: Those new rollerskates are bulk …

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