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- Dictionarychunk/tʃʌŋk/
noun
- 1. a thick, solid piece of something: "huge chunks of masonry littered the street"
verb
- 1. divide (something) into chunks: North American "chunk four pounds of pears"
- 2. (in psychology or linguistic analysis) group together (connected items or words) so that they can be stored or processed as single concepts: "pupils are able to chunk phrases or propositions into units"
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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.
CHUNK definition: 1. a roughly cut piece: 2. a part of something, especially a large part: 3. in golf, to hit a…. Learn more.
CHUNK meaning: 1. a roughly cut piece: 2. a part of something, especially a large part: 3. in golf, to hit a…. Learn more.
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.
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, chunks. v.tr. To form into chunks. v.intr. To make a dull clacking sound: listened to the rundown copier chunk along. [Perhaps variant of chuck .]
chunk. Chunks of something are thick, solid pieces of it. They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice. ...a chunk of meat. A chunk of something is a large amount or large part of it. The company owns a chunk of farmland near the airport. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of chunk noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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)
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 ...
a substantial amount of something: Rent is a real chunk out of my pay. v.t. to cut, break, or form into chunks: Chunk that wedge of cheese and put the pieces on a plate.
