bulk carrier

US/bʌlk ˈker.i.ɚ/

noun

Any ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.

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Meanings

nounbulk carrier (plural bulk carriers)

plural bulk carriers

  1. nauticalAny ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.

    Otherwise, overseas coking coal will be moved to the UK by bulk ocean carrier, which are among the filthiest polluting objects on the face of the Earth we seek to protect.

    2022 November 16, Nigel Harris, “Endless news... little context”, in RAIL, number 970, page 3

    Synonyms: bulker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship) designed to carry unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils and cement, in its holds.

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bulker

Translations

Esperanto ŝutvara ŝipo
  • ŝutvara ŝipoocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Finnish bulkkialus, irtolastialus
  • bulkkialusocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • irtolastialusocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
French vraquier, vracquier
  • vraquierocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • vracquierocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • transporteur de vracocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
German Massengutfrachter, Massengutschiff
  • Massengutfrachterocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • Massengutschiffocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • Bulkcarrierocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • Bulkerocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • Bulkschiffocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • Schüttgutfrachterocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Hebrew אֳנִיַת תִּפְזֹרֶת, אֳנִיַת צֹבֶר
  • אֳנִיַת תִּפְזֹרֶת (oniyát tifsóret)ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • אֳנִיַת צֹבֶר (oniyát tsóver)ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Italian portarinfuse
  • portarinfuseocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Latvian balkeris
  • balkerisocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Norwegian Bokmål tørrlasteskip, bulkskip
  • tørrlasteskipocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • bulkskipocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Polish masowiec
  • masowiecocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Russian ба́лкер, сухогру́з
  • ба́лкер (bálker)ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • сухогру́з (suxogrúz)ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • нава́лочник (naváločnik)ocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Swedish bulklastfartyg, bulkfartyg
  • bulklastfartygocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
  • bulkfartygocean-going cargo vessel (merchant ship)
Cite this entry
APA

bulk carrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulk%20carrier

MLA

“bulk carrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulk%20carrier. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bulk carrier,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulk%20carrier.

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