chunk

noun

ˈchəŋk How to pronounce chunk (audio)
Definition of chunknext
1
as in ton
a considerable amount that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change

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2
as in hunk
a small uneven mass a little chunk of dirt

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Recent Examples of chunk The Strawberry Watermelon Refresher had added strawberry slices, while the Blackberry Passion Fruit Refresher included blackberry chunks. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 Then, this weekend, a big chunk of scaffolding fell off the site after a car struck it. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 15 July 2026 Stepping away from that life, even for a relatively small chunk in the grand scheme of things, isn’t an abdication of adulthood, but an investment in a life worth living. — Dj Didonna, Time, 13 July 2026 To keep it as fresh as possible, transfer chunks, balls, or slices to an airtight container or zip-top bag, squeezing out excess air. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunk
  1. ton
  2. hunk
  3. loads
  4. clump
  5. dozen
  6. wad
  7. pile
  8. lump
Noun
  • The Scardovari lagoon reported annual harvests down from 4,800 tons to 340 tons since 2023.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Capacity reached roughly 77 million tons a year by the early 2010s, and for most of the following decade Qatar was the world's largest LNG exporter, a position the United States and Australia now rival.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of ton
Noun
  • There may be a nice bunch of grapes, a couple slices of melon, and a hunk of juicy homegrown tomato.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
  • His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of hunk
Noun
  • Transformers require specialized vehicles and heavy-duty trailers capable of carrying oversized loads.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Flawless routines and loads of amenities were once seen as the ultimate pillars of hospitality.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • Otherwise, the excess moisture will cause the blueberries to freeze into clumps.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of clump
Noun
  • Jones has received endorsements from at least a dozen Black clergy.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Last week torrential rains triggered deadly mudslides and flooding in Cox’s Bazar, flattening shelters and killing more than a dozen people, including children.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of dozen
Noun
  • Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Walker chewed a big wad of bubble gum and wore his cap backward just like Hall of Famer and Derby great Ken Griffey Jr.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of wad
Noun
  • In the meantime, Indiana mined a diamond out of a pile of obscurity.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • As if that subject had somehow simply risen from the grave and walked all by herself onto the review pile.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of pile
Noun
  • Symptoms can include a lump in the armpit, dimpled skin on the chest, red or flaky skin near the nipple, pain or tenderness on the chest or armpit, clear or bloody nipple discharge and an inverted nipple, per the Cleveland Clinic.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • Yet his go-to idea with the minutes running out against Argentina was to bring on Dan Burn — nothing against the player himself — to be a big lump in both penalty areas.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026
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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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