break bulk

[ breyk-buhlk ]

/ ˈbreɪk ˌbʌlk /

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adjective Transportation.

of or relating to general cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer: Despite the dominance of container shipping, these companies continue to specialize in break bulk cargo, especially in the transport of large vehicles and agricultural equipment, which often need to be broken down into smaller components.Compare bulk cargo.

of or relating to the small, conventional cargo ships designed to hold general cargo: We are confident that the future of break bulk vessels is safe, with no chance of their becoming redundant.Compare container ship.

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Origin of break bulk

First recorded in 1615–25; break (def. 10) + bulk¹ (def. 16)

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How to use break bulk in a sentence

This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
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More to the point, Huckabee has a natural appeal to a party that has come to represent the bulk of working class white voters.
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I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
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This sultry ballad about break-ups and make-ups in the City of Angels is haunting stuff.
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Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
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Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
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If old Piegan Smith hadn't been sampling the contents of that keg so industriously he would never have made a break.
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Results are in terms of bulk of precipitate, which must not be confused with percentage by weight.
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General Houston had attacked them with three hundred of our people, but had not been able to break their ranks.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
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