bulk load
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbulkandload
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bulk
noun
uk/bʌlk/us/bʌlk/
something or someone that is ...
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load
noun
uk/ləʊd/us/loʊd/
the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or ...
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(Definition ofbulkandloadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, some are suitable forbulkloadwhere speed is not important and transhipment costs to other methods of transport are not involved.
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This highspeed wagon-load service would, of course, be for commodities which were unsuitable forbulkloadtreatment.
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But it is clear that the railways are suffering primarily from the diminution ofbulkload-carrying.
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Seaborne transport would take off the roads the type of load with which the roads are already particularly congested—that is, very large bulk loads.
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They have introduced efficient merry-go-round trains for bulk loads travelling on a regular basis.
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In the former category are fractionating towers and polymer buildings and in the latter are bulk loading structures.
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Bulk loading structures are towers supporting storage bunkers.
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It recommended further study of the possible military application of demountable body systems for the movement of bulk loads.
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Of course, the railways have always had that discretion, particularly when picking up certain bulk loads.
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It was not undercapitalised and in recent years it has built a new silo, a new blending plant and additional bulk loading facilities.
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There is the question of, in many cases, putting certain bulk loads on to road transport and leaving the railways with very much smaller loads to other areas.
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It is those who manufacture goods, own-account customers and people with bulk loads such as beer, petrol, flour who think that they would derive great benefits.
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The railway favours bulk loads of some hundreds of tons per train, as only in such bulk is rail carriage remunerative, whereas the motor vehicle loads range from 5 cwt.
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The aircraft was designed for carrying large bulk loads and landing them on rough or imperfect runways, or mere dirt strips.
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This portion of the system is called bulk because it delivers energy only to so-called bulk loads such as the distribution system of a town, city, or large industrial plant.
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