There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
bulks
plural of bulk
bulks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulk
Source: Wiktionary
Bulk, n. Etym: [OE. bulke, bolke, heap; cf. Dan. bulk lump, clod, OSw. bolk crowd, mass, Icel. b to be bulky. Cf. Boll, n., Bile a boil, Bulge, n.]
1. Magnitude of material substance; dimensions; mass; size; as, an ox or ship of great bulk. Against these forces there were prepared near one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon.
2. The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt. The bulk of the people must labor, Burke told them, "to obtain what by labor can be obtained." J. Morley.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: The cargo of a vessel when stowed.
4. The body. [Obs.] Shak. My liver leaped within my bulk. Turbervile. Barrel bulk. See under Barrel.
– To break bulk (Naut.), to begin to unload or more the cargo.
– In bulk, in a mass; loose; not inclosed in separate packages or divided into separate parts; in such shape that any desired quantity may be taken or sold.
– Laden in bulk, Stowed in bulk, having the cargo loose in the hold or not inclosed in boxes, bales, or casks.
– Sale by bulk, a sale of goods as they are, without weight or measure.
Syn.
– Size; magnitude; dimension; volume; bigness; largeness; massiveness.
Bulk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bulked; p. pr. & vb. n. Bulking.]
Definition: To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment. Leslie Stephen.
Bulk, n. Etym: [Icel. balkr a beam, partition. Cf. Balk, n. & v.]
Definition: A projecting part of a building. [Obs.] Here, stand behind this bulk. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.