break bulk

verb

To remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person breaks bulk · participle present breaking bulk · past broke bulk · participle past broken bulk

  1. To remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.
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    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 stations.

    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

Translations

Finnish purkaa lastia
  • purkaa lastiato remove items in shipment from their packaging, container, or vessel
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APA

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MLA

“break bulk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20bulk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “break bulk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20bulk.

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