From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchunkchunk /tΚΚΕk/ βββ noun [countable]1PIECEa large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape
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a chunk of breadβΊ see thesaurus at piece2PARTa large part or amount of something
The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary.chunk of
A huge chunk of the audience got up and left before the end of the show.3 βa chunk of changeExamples from the Corpuschunkβ’ For dessert, cover limesherbet with a blanket of chocolatechips or chocolate sandwichcookiechunks.β’ He has chunks of metal in one hip and both ankles, and he conceded to them for years.β’ Her normally lucidstyle had slipped and she had forgottenhugechunks of the recent past.β’ It's all cut in chunks.β’ Cut the potatoes into chunks and boil them for 15 minutes.β’ A large chunk of plaster had fallen from the ceiling.β’ You can move chunks of text directly from one document to another.β’ Peanutbutter is best spread on chunks of crustybread.β’ a can of pineapplechunksβ’ pineapple chunksβ’ A sizeablechunk of the costs gone straight away.β’ By contrast, total quality and continuousimprovement concern themselves with improvingperformance in smaller chunks.chunk ofβ’ a 40 million-year-old chunk ofamberOriginchunk(1600-1700) β CHUCK2
