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chunk Definition

chunk (c̸huŋk)

noun

  1. a short, thick piece, as of meat or wood
  2. a considerable portion
  3. ☆ a stocky animal, esp. a horse

Etymology: < ? chuck

chunk Synonyms

chunk

n.

piece, mass, lump; see hunk, part 1.

chunk Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • masonry: One shot chipped a large chunk of masonry from a wall behind me.
  • text: Commands which do not kill text separate the chunks of text on the kill ring.
  • bread: Now it goes to school with her, Between two chunks of bread.
  • meat: Everyone who helps goes home with a big chunk of meat ( even us ).
  • flesh: Back at the hotel, I am allowed to handle the hawk and feed her chunks of chick flesh on the tough leather glove.
  • ice: Saturday 19th March 2005 " Well, the last chunk of ice that broke off was the size of Rhode Island.

Converse of object

  • bite: The Americans were going to let Saddam bite a chunk out of the Kuwaiti border.
  • rip: Canines are fang teeth at the front of mouths which carnivores use to rip chunks of meat from their prey.
  • knock: I discovered TI and was soon knocking chunks off my swim times.
  • devote: Weâve devoted great chunks of our lives to this matter.

Adjective modifier

  • bite-sized: Make up a timetable allowing yourself to deal with each item in a ' bite-sized chunk ' .
  • manageable: Breaking things down into a series of manageable chunks usually makes things easier.
  • sizeable: A sizeable chunk of the report is devoted to affordable housing.
  • bite-size: The DVD provides chapter points to make it easier to deliver the training in bite-size chunks.
  • digestible: Click below to listen again to the whole of Fatboy Slim's DJ set in four easily digestible chunks.
  • sizable: A sizable chunk of the CDs sold in the UK have an unintended gap in the middle of the first track.

Noun used with modifier

  • pineapple: Alternate pork cubes with pineapple chunks on 4-5 long skewers.
  • bite: You can use the Computer of the Gods to scale down the solar system so that it is in bite size chunks.
  • cm: Toast the bread and cut into 1 cm chunks.
  • byte: Below is the code listing where the device is nothing but an 80 byte chunk of memory.

Browse dictionary entries near chunk

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  4. chumming
  5. chumminess
  6. chummily
  7. chummiest
  8. chummier
  9. chummed
  10. chum salmon
  1. chunkier
  2. chunkiest
  3. chunkily
  4. chunkiness
  5. chunky
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