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   chunk

   /CHəNGk/

   noun

   • 1. a thick, solid piece of something: "huge chunks of masonry littered the street"
   • ▪ an amount or part of something: "fuel takes a large chunk of their small income"

   verb

   • 1. divide (something) into chunks: "chunk four pounds of pears"
   • ▪ (in psychology or linguistic analysis) group together (connected items or words) so that they can be stored or processed as single concepts.

   Word Origin late 17th century: apparently an alteration of chuck3.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

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