chunk

US /tʃʌŋk/
UK /tʃʌŋk/
"chunk" picture
1.

a thick, solid piece of something

:
•
He cut a large chunk of bread.
•
The dog buried a chunk of bone in the yard.
:
lumpblockslabhunkmass
2.

a significant amount or portion of something

:
•
He spent a large chunk of his savings on a new car.
•
We covered a good chunk of the material in class today.
:
portionsharesegmentslicesection
1.

to break or cut something into large, thick pieces

:
•
He chunked the potatoes before boiling them.
•
The machine chunks the raw material into manageable sizes.
:
cutchopdiceslicedivide
:
chunking