chunk
A part of something that has been separatedA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
» She spends a pretty good chunk of time just sitting there and looking out the window.
Sie verbringt recht viel Zeit damit, einfach nur dort zu sitzen und aus dem Fenster zu sehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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5 sensesA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
The statue broke into chunks.
a chunk of granite
Stück, Einzelteil
кусо́кkusók
A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
A large or substantial portion of something.
a substantial amount
A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.
Chunk
A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
A segment of a comedian's performance.
Examples
25 sentencesShe spends a pretty good chunk of time just sitting there and looking out the window.
deSie verbringt recht viel Zeit damit, einfach nur dort zu sitzen und aus dem Fenster zu sehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was injured when a large chunk of ice slid off the roof and hit him.
Chunking helps improve memory retention.
Фрагментування допомагає покращити здатність запам'ятовувати. — Ahha
Sami removed a big chunk of carpet.
That boy threw a chunk of stone.
Translations
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Origin
Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutivVariant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.
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