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bulk

3 verb
     
bulk3, bulk large
to be the main or most important part of something

bulk something ↔ out

phrasal verb
to make something bigger or thicker by adding something else:
We can bulk out the report with lots of diagrams.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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