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Chunk   /tʃəŋk/   Listen
Chunk

noun
1.
A compact mass.  Synonyms: ball, clod, clump, glob, lump.
2.
A substantial amount.
verb
1.
Put together indiscriminately.  Synonym: lump.
2.
Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.  Synonyms: collocate, lump.



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"Chunk" Quotes from Famous Books



... actually reckon the amount of arsenic I should put into a chunk of beef to trick the giant at his ...
— Mr. Trunnell • T. Jenkins Hains

... all that time, does he not feel a little bit hungry? He does. So he uses up the store of food inside his body! I have told you that the camel carries a store of food in his hump. The bear has no hump, of course, but he has a thick chunk of fat all around his body just under his skin; and that chunk of fat ...
— The Wonders of the Jungle - Book One • Prince Sarath Ghosh

... was her way, went straight to the point. "No, it's a new young man, Daddy. I want you to do something nice for Roderick McRae. Haven't you a big chunk of business you need a ...
— The End of the Rainbow • Marian Keith

... along they did; but they never laughed but once when she was around. Talk about makin' anybody mad! And temper—my Lord of Isrul! Why, if they laughed at her name she was li'ble to grab hold of the fust thing come to hand, flatiron or frying pan or chunk of stove wood or anything, and let 'em have it rattlety-bang-jing. I never seen her do it, of course—all that was afore MY time—but pa used to say it never made no difference whether 'twas the man come tryin' to collect the store bill or ...
— Galusha the Magnificent • Joseph C. Lincoln

... brings to one's mind an unappetizing chunk of meat fat which most persons cannot and will not eat, and fatty foods have been popularly supposed to be "bad for us" and "hard to digest." Fats are, however, an important food absolutely essential to complete nutrition, which repay us better for the labor ...
— Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) • C. Houston Goudiss and Alberta M. Goudiss


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