| Front | chunk |
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| Back | chunk /tʃʌŋk/ noun [countable] 1a large thick piece of something that does not have an even shape: ice chunks chunk of a chunk of bread 2a large part or amount of something: The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary. chunk of A huge chunk of the audience got up and left before the end of the show. 3a chunk of change American English informal a large amount of money: Lurie risked a pretty big chunk of change on the race. THESAURUS piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the main part: Could I have another piece of cake? | a piece of broken glass | Emma cut the pie into eight pieces. bit a piece. Bit is more informal than piece and is often used about smaller pieces: The notes were written on bits of paper. | He threw a bit of wood onto the fire. lump a small piece of something solid or firm that does not have a regular shape: two lumps of sugar | a lump of coal | a lump of clay scrap a small piece of paper, cloth etc that is no longer needed: I wrote the phone number on a scrap of paper. | The dog was eating scraps of food off the floor. strip a long narrow piece of cloth, paper etc: a strip of cloth | The leather had been cut into strips. sheet a thin flat piece of something such as paper, glass, or metal: a blank sheet of paper | a sheet of aluminium slice a thin flat piece of bread, cake, meat etc cut from a larger piece: a slice of pizza | Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. chunk a piece of something solid that does not have a regular shape – used especially about food, rock, or metal: The fruit was cut into large chunks. | a chunk of bread hunk a large piece with rough edges, which has been cut or has broken off a bigger piece of food, rock etc: a big hunk of cheese | hunks of concrete block a piece of something solid, which has straight sides: concrete blocks | a block of cheese | a block of ice slab a thick flat piece of stone, or of cake, meat etc: The floor had been made from stone slabs. | a slab of beef cube a piece that has six square sides – used especially about food: a cube of sugar | ice cubes wedge a piece that has a thick end and a pointed end, and is shaped like a triangle – used especially about food and metal: a wedge of cheese bar a block of soap, chocolate, candy, or metal, which has straight sides: a chocolate bar | a bar of soap | gold bars worth more than £26 million rasher British English a slice of bacon: I usually have two rashers of bacon for breakfast. |
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