chunk

CEFRC1

/t͡ʃʌŋk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A thick or large piece of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.

Examples

  • All of the students were looking at a little chunk of metal.

  • I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

  2. A large or substantial portion of something.

  3. A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

More examples

In context

  • He's chunked right before the next battle so he has to regen HP.

  • The statue broke into chunks.

  • a chunk of granite

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She broke off a large blank of cheese from the wheel.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.