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break bulk

break bulk verb: to remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.

Verb

break bulk (third-person singular simple present breaks bulk, present participle breaking bulk, simple past broke bulk, past participle broken bulk)

  1. To remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.
    • a plan is under advisement for the extension of the present newly installed method by the utilization of breaking bulk at a transfer, transferring the freight to containers which will be moved by special container floats to a centrally located pier and then by trucks to destination or to inland...1922, “Erie Adopts Direct Freight Delivery at New York: Plan Involves Breaking Bulk at Jersey City, N. J., and Use of Auto Trucks, Tractors and Trailers and Ferries”, in Railway age, volume 72

break bulk meaning in Tamil

break bulk in Tamil

பெரும்பகுதியைக் கூறுகூறாக வைத்தல்

Forms of break bulk

third-person singular presentbreaks bulk
present participlebreaking bulk
pastbroke bulk
past participlebroken bulk

Questions about break bulk

What does break bulk mean?
Break bulk means to remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.
What is break bulk in Tamil?
Break bulk in Tamil is பெரும்பகுதியைக் கூறுகூறாக வைத்தல். See Break bulk meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is break bulk?
Break bulk is a verb.
What is the past tense of break bulk?
The past tense of break bulk is broke bulk.

Words near break bulk in the dictionary

  1. break ass
  2. break away
  3. break back
  4. break bad
  5. break bread
  6. break bulk
  7. break camp
  8. break character
  9. break clause
  10. break clauses
  11. break containment

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