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noun
- 1. a thick, solid piece of something: "huge chunks of masonry littered the street"
verb
- 1. divide (something) into chunks: "chunk four pounds of pears"
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informal. a part of something, especially a large part: a chunk of text. a substantial chunk of our profits. Three hours is quite a chunk out of my working day. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Masses and large amounts of things. accumulation. any number of things idiom. armload. backlog. blood clot. flood. foam. inundation. lion.
1. : a short thick piece or lump (as of wood or coal) 2. : a large noteworthy quantity or part. bet a sizable chunk of money on the race. 3. : a strong thickset horse usually smaller than a draft horse. 4. psychology : a unit of information retained in the memory and easily recalled.
noun. a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood. Synonyms: gob, wad, piece, hunk. Informal. a thick-set and strong person. a strong and stoutly built horse or other animal. a substantial amount of something: Rent is a real chunk out of my pay.
Define chunk. chunk synonyms, chunk pronunciation, chunk translation, English dictionary definition of chunk. n. 1. A thick mass or piece: a chunk of ice. 2. Informal A substantial amount: won quite a chunk of money. 3. A strong stocky horse. v. chunked , chunk·ing...
CHUNK meaning: 1. a roughly cut piece: 2. a part of something, especially a large part: 3. in golf, to hit a…. Learn more.
1. countable noun. Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it. They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice. ...a chunk of meat. [ + of] Cut the melon into chunks. Synonyms: piece, block, mass, portion More Synonyms of chunk. 2. countable noun. A chunk of something is a large amount or large part of it. [informal]
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English chunk /tʃʌŋk/ noun [ countable] 1 a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape ice chunks chunk of a chunk of bread see thesaurus at piece 2 a large part or amount of something The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary. chunk of A huge chunk of the audience got ...
(linguistics) a phrase or group of words that can be learnt as a unit by somebody who is learning a language. Examples of chunks are ‘Can I have the bill, please?’ and ‘Pleased to meet you’. The listening texts consist of short, bite-sized chunks which are accessible to beginners. Word Origin. Idioms. blow chunks.
chunk noun [C] (PART) a large part of something: I spend a big chunk of my money on clothes. (Definition of chunk from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Jun 2, 2024 · chunk (third-person singular simple present chunks, present participle chunking, simple past and past participle chunked) To break into large pieces or chunks. To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
