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Definitions for CHUNK
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunknoun

    a compact mass

    "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

  2. chunkverb

    a substantial amount

    "we won a chunk of money"

  3. lump, chunkverb

    put together indiscriminately

    "lump together all the applicants"

  4. collocate, lump, chunkverb

    group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

Wiktionary

  1. chunknoun

    A part of something that has been separated.

    The statue broke into chunks.

  2. chunknoun

    A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.

    A chunk of granite.

  3. chunknoun

    A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

  4. chunkverb

    To break into large pieces or chunks.

  5. chunkverb

    To throw.

  6. Etymology: Variant of chuck.

ChatGPT

  1. chunk

    A chunk refers to a significant, distinct, or sizable piece or portion of something larger. It can be used to describe physical entities like a piece of food or rock as well as abstract concepts like data or information. In general, it's a part of a whole, often separated from the main body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Chunknoun

    a short, thick piece of anything

  2. Etymology: [Cf. Chump.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Chunk

    chungk, n. a thick piece of anything, as wood, bread, &c. [Perh. related to Chuck.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. chunk

    A coarse slice of meat or bread; more properly junk. Also, the negro term for lumps of firewood.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CHUNK in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CHUNK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of CHUNK in a Sentence

  1. Florian Hense:

    By exempting a significant chunk of bank deposits from the negative deposit rate and making its offer of long-term liquidity for banks even more generous, the ECB is mitigating the impact of a negative deposit rate on bank balance sheets, by lowering funding costs further, it can make it easier for governments to finance a modest fiscal expansion and nudge countries with some extra fiscal space to actually use it – think Germany.

  2. Tom Bonier:

    Theres a huge chunk of voters who didnt cast ballots in 2016, theyre the best sign of intensity at this point.

  3. Nicole Bachaud:

    There is still a large chunk of new construction homes currently under construction, and when those homes hit the market, especially over the next few months, we will see spring home buyers – those who can afford the higher new construction price tags – having more options and opportunities to break into homeownership.

  4. Bob Seger:

    We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.

  5. David Cockfield:

    The economic horizon has definitely darkened over the last six to eight months with the oil collapse, it's bound to have some sort of impact when a big chunk of the TSX is under a cloud.

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