Chunk

Quick meaning: Chunk is a noun meaning A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.
2. (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
3. (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
4. (transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
5. (transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
6. (transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
7. (intransitive, Appalachia) To add wood to a fire or to stoke it.

Example Sentences

a chunk of granite

The statue broke into chunks.

The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

Daylight, between mouthfuls, fed chunks of ice into the tin pot, where it thawed into water. […] Daylight cut up generous chunks of bacon and dropped them in the pot of bubbling beans.

Word Forms

• chunks
• chunking
• chunked

Synonyms for chunk

Depending on context, synonyms include bit, hunk, lump, chip, clip, crumb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include collocate, ball, glob, lump, clump, clod.

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