nounπShareA part of something that has been separated."The statue broke into chunks."partamountitemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular."a chunk of granite"materialsubstancemasspartamountthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster."examples of chunks would include "in accordance with", "the results of", and "so far""linguisticsphrasewordlanguagegroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block."The video file was broken into small chunks for easier uploading. "computingmediatechnologypartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA segment of a comedian's performance"The comedian's best chunk of the show was about his struggles with public transportation. "entertainmentmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo break into large pieces or chunks."The carpenter carefully chunked the large log into smaller pieces for the project. "partactionmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size."To prepare for the history test, she chunked the long chapter into smaller, more understandable sections. "languagelinguisticsgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo throw."The angry child chunked a rock at the window. "actionsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
