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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

부풀어오름

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bupureoreum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bulge/bʌldʒ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"벽의 부풀어오름은 구조적 문제를 나타냅니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A rounded swelling or protuberance.

    "The bulge in the wall indicated a structural issue."
As verb
  1. 1

    To swell or protrude.

    "The bag began to bulge as more items were added."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word bulge, from Old French boulge (bag, wallet), and ultimately from the Latin bulga (leather bag), stemming from Gaulish. Historically used to denote a swelling or protruding part, the meaning evolved in both physical architecture, anatomy, and general geometry to describe any rounded projection or outward expansion.

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