bulk vs standing room only

bulk

verb
  • To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent. 

  • To put or hold in bulk. 

  • To gain body mass by means of diet, exercise, etc. 

  • To grow in size; to swell or expand. 

noun
  • A hypothetical higher-dimensional space within which our own four-dimensional universe may exist. 

  • The major part of something. 

  • Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain. 

  • Dietary fibre. 

  • Size, specifically, volume. 

  • a cargo or any items moved or communicated in the manner of cargo. 

  • Excess body mass, especially muscle. 

  • A period where one tries to gain muscle. 

  • Any huge body or structure. 

adj
  • being large in size, mass or volume (of goods, etc.) 

  • total 

standing room only

phrase
  • The situation where an event is so well attended, or public transportation so full, that all of the seats in the venue are occupied, leaving only the ground or the floor for other people. 

How often have the words bulk and standing room only occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )