break bulk

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break bulk

verb breaks bulk · breaking bulk · broke bulk · broken bulk

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 stat

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@misc{break_bulk_2026,
  title = {break bulk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/break%20bulk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}