ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
(noun) a compact mass; “a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder”
chunk
(noun) a substantial amount; “we won a chunk of money”
collocate, lump, chunk
(verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
lump, chunk
(verb) put together indiscriminately; “lump together all the applicants”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chunk (plural chunks)
A part of something that has been separated.
A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance
chunk (third-person singular simple present chunks, present participle chunking, simple past and past participle chunked)
(transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
(transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
(transitive, slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.
Source: Wiktionary
Chunk, n. Etym: [Cf. Chump.]
Definition: A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 March 2025
(noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; “let’s call heads a success and tails a failure”; “the election was a remarkable success for the Whigs”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
