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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 byout ).
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 byup ).
chunk
/ ʃʌŋ /
noun
a thick solid piece, as of meat, wood, etc
a considerable amount
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chunk1
Example Sentences
The same multinational corporations that sold Iowa soybeans to China are now down to Brazil, selling Brazilian soybeans to China, and here we are without a good chunk of that market share.
The remaining 21 days, which can be split into two chunks, are optional and can be taken anytime within the next six months.
And chunks of cooked zucchini were slyly thrown into soups and spaghetti.
A big chunk of your credit scores is determined by how much of your available credit you’re using.
I liked chunks of the film, but it rankled me that she framed the spouse as such a consolation-prize loser to make her heroine come off as sacrificial.
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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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