chunk
noun
[ tʃʌŋk ]
• a thick, solid piece of something.
• "huge chunks of masonry littered the street"
Similar:
lump,
hunk,
wedge,
block,
slab,
square,
nugget,
nub,
brick,
cube,
bar,
cake,
loaf,
knob,
ball,
piece,
portion,
bit,
mass,
wodge,
gob,
chunk
verb
• divide (something) into chunks.
• "chunk four pounds of pears"
• (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"
Origin:
late 17th century: apparently an alteration of chuck3.
chunk
verb
• move with or make a muffled, metallic sound.
• "the door chunked behind them"
Origin:
late 19th century: imitative.
