nounπShareA part of something that has been separated."The statue broke into chunks."partthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular."a chunk of granite"substancematerialthingpartChat 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""languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block."The video file was downloaded in small chunks, so it took a long time to complete the download. "computingtechnologymediapartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA segment of a comedian's performance"The comedian divided his stand-up routine into distinct chunks, each focusing on a different topic like dating, family, and politics. "entertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo break into large pieces or chunks."The lumberjack chunks wood from the fallen tree with his axe. "actionpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size."The teacher chunks the long poem into shorter stanzas so the students can understand it better. "languagelinguisticscommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo throw."The angry student chunks the crumpled test paper into the trash can. "actionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
