chunk
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2.4
- noun
- /tʃʌŋk/
- His collected works take up, you know, a good chunk of of bookshelf space.
- a large chunk
- small chunks
- a big chunk
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Watch on YouTubeNapalms are Jelly and it throws chunks like that and burns.
- Napalms are Jelly and it throws chunks like that and burns.
- It's funny to get monolithic chunks of round stock to lathe.
- So that's a a pretty decent chunk of our fund.
- But there's a big chunk of us in America.
- OK, it's time for the last little chunk of hair up here.
- Then we bring a chunk of metal close to the coil.
- It all ended up giving a big chunk of the company to the employees.
- So let's cut up our pineapple chunks however however you want.
- I like to take quite big chunks just so that they're looser.
Examples
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I'm responsible for a very huge chunk of money.
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It's important to have that chunk of time with your manager, but you also need informal, ongoing supervision.
Academic text (2011) -
I need you to break off a chunk, I need you to put it in a bag.
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A man wants as big a chunk of land as he can get and control.
Fiction book (1991) -
Like his father, Vladimir spent a good chunk of his early reign making war.
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The sun had ceased to glow, and a chunk of it was missing.
Academic text (1990) -
Running his model just once used up a fair chunk of a yearly allotment.
Academic text (1994) -
In any case, he was deprived of a considerable chunk of his salary increase.
Academic text (1990) -
She swallowed a big chunk of meat.
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She swallowed a big chunk of meat during dinner.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A piece of something that, with others, makes a whole
∞
1.0
A part broken or cut from something larger, like a bit of fruit
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2.0
A small solid piece of something without a regular shape
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2.5
A large piece of food that has no clear shape
Antonyms
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Etymology
Chunk probably grew from an old word for a 'thick lump' and maybe from the heavy sound something makes when it falls, like 'chunk'. So a chunk is an easy way to think of a large, solid piece of something.