break bulk en · VERB
Meanings
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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 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| breaking bulk | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| breaks bulk | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| broken bulk | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| broke bulk | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (1)
fi purkaa lastia (to remove items in shipment from their packaging, container, or vessel)