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voluminous

English

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volv? (roll, turn about) +? -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /v??l(j)u?.m?.n?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /v??lu.m?.n?s/

Adjective

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

  1. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
  2. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
  3. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
  4. Having written much, or produced many volumes
    Synonyms: copious, diffuse
    a voluminous writer

Translations

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hulking

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?h?lk??/

Adjective

hulking (not comparable)

  1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.
    • 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 212:
      A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
  2. Unwieldy.

Translations

Noun

hulking (plural hulkings)

  1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
    • 1953, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings (volume 2, part 2, page 513)
      The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.

Related terms

  • hulk

Verb

hulking

  1. present participle of hulk

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