Bulky

//ˈbʌlki// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

    "Action such as this, filmed under great difficulty with a bulky, hand-cranked camera, revealed the possibilities of the movies and was quite startling in those early days."

  2. 2
    Unwieldy.
  3. 3
    Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of large size for its weight wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
largeadamantineamplitudinousastronomicastronomicalawesome

Example

More examples

"This is bulky, so I'll send it by home delivery."

Etymology

From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk + -y.

Related phrases

bulky refusebulky waste

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