Larger or taking up more space than something else; having greater bulk or volume.
From 'bulk' (from Middle Dutch 'bulc' meaning cargo or heap) plus the comparative suffix '-er', which compares two things. The root suggests something large or swollen.
The word 'bulk' originally referred to cargo in a ship's hold—merchants needed a word for goods loosely piled rather than in containers, and that evolved into our modern sense of 'large size.' It's why bulk buying means buying lots at once!
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