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chunk
1[ chuhngk ]
noun
- a thick mass or lump of anything:
a chunk of bread;
a chunk of firewood.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to cut, break, or form into chunks:
Chunk that wedge of cheese and put the pieces on a plate.
- to remove a chunk or chunks from (often followed by out ):
Storms have chunked out the road.
verb (used without object)
- to form, give off, or disintegrate into chunks:
My tires have started to chunk.
chunk
2[ chuhngk ]
verb (used with object)
- to toss or throw; chuck:
chunking pebbles at the barn door.
- to make or rekindle (a fire) by adding wood, coal, etc., or by stoking (sometimes followed by up ).
chunk
/ ʃʌŋ /
noun
- a thick solid piece, as of meat, wood, etc
- a considerable amount
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chunk1
Example Sentences
A huge chunk of that insight can be boiled down to a life-altering change in direction in the summer of 2008.
Into last year, the introduction of new factory processes caused a difficult winter, the car barely made the first test and it was overweight for the first chunk of the season.
The robot descends to the seabed to collect fluids, gases and snap off chunks of rock.
Heavy excavation machines bash giant concrete blocks into more manageable chunks, before grinders pulverize the material into 1- to 3-inch rocks, which can be recycled.
There’s a reason Trump is using illegal immigration to push the boundaries of America law, if not outright spitting on them: A big chunk of the American population is cheering him on.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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