chunk

Meaning of chunk

noun
  1. a thick, solid piece of something.
    huge chunks of masonry littered the street
verb
  1. divide (something) into chunks.
    chunk four pounds of pears
  2. (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
    the chunking of information

late 17th century: apparently an alteration of chuck3.

verb
  1. move with or make a muffled, metallic sound.
    the door chunked behind them

late 19th century: imitative.

Information about chunk

  • The plural form of chunk is: chunks.
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Hyphenation of chunk

chunk

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • chunk is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

chunk synonyms

Meaning ball:

ball, clod, glob, lump, clump

Meaning lump:

lump

Meaning collocate:

collocate, lump

Meaning a large piece of something, especially food, cut or broken off a larger piece:

hunk

Meaning an object or piece of something shaped like a wedge:

wedge

Meaning a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side:

block

Meaning a large, thick slice or piece of cake, bread, chocolate, etc:

slab

Meaning a plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles:

square

Meaning a small chunk or lump of another substance:

nugget

Meaning the crux or central point of a matter:

nub

Meaning a small rectangular block typically made of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building:

brick

Meaning a symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares:

cube

Meaning an amount of food or another substance formed into a narrow block:

bar

Meaning a flattish compact mass of something, especially soap:

cake

Meaning a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten:

loaf

Meaning a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something:

knob

Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:

piece

Meaning a part of a whole:

portion

Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:

bit

Meaning a large body of matter with no definite shape:

mass

Meaning a large piece or amount of something:

wodge

Meaning a lump of a viscous or slimy substance:

gob

Translation of chunk

Words that rhyme with chunk

Hunk, hunk, kerchunk, bohunk, Shunk, thunk, Cuttyhunk, cuttyhunk

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