Chunk - English meaning

noun

A solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game.

Usage examples:

A cricket ball

verb

(in cricket) a delivery of the ball by the bowler to the batsman.

Usage examples:

His half century came off only forty balls

noun

A formal social gathering for dancing.

Usage examples:

Anne danced with the captain at a fancy-dress ball

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Usage examples:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

noun

A small rectangular block typically made of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building.

Usage examples:

Mud and wattle or sun-dried bricks are used in house building in rural areas; well-off families may…

verb

Block or enclose with a wall of bricks.

Usage examples:

The doors have been bricked up

noun

An item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.

Usage examples:

A delicious cake smothered with whipped cream

verb

(of a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry) cover and become encrusted on (the surface of an object).

Usage examples:

His clothes were caked in mud

noun

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

Usage examples:

What is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?

verb

Raise (a number or value) to its cube.

Usage examples:

Cube the deviations from the mean

noun

A solid object with six square sides of equal size

Usage examples:

The cube of 2 (= 2 x 2 x 2) is 8.

noun

A lump of a viscous or slimy substance.

Usage examples:

A gob of phlegm

verb

Spit.

Usage examples:

It implies not gobbing on passersby, not binge drinking while getting pregnant at the age of 12, no…

noun

An american sailor.

noun

A large piece of something, especially food, cut or broken off a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A hunk of bread

noun

A rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

After the glue has hardened, rub fine-grain sandpaper across the surface of both knobs, making thei…

verb

(of a man) have sex with (someone).

noun

A quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten.

Usage examples:

A loaf of bread

verb

Spend one's time in an aimless, idle way.

Usage examples:

Don't let him see you loafing about with your hands in your pockets

noun

Bread that is shaped and baked in a single piece and can be sliced for eating

Usage examples:

Get a loaf of white bread from the corner store., he just wanted to loaf for a while before beginni…

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

The crux or central point of a matter.

Usage examples:

The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun

The most important or basic part of something

Usage examples:

What do you think is the nub of the problem?

noun

A small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth.

Usage examples:

At one time, large nuggets of gold could be found lying on the earth's surface.

noun

A small, rough lump, esp. of gold

Usage examples:

A gold nugget

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape.

Usage examples:

Paving slabs

verb

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.

Usage examples:

He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Usage examples:

A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

Usage examples:

A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Usage examples:

The ball hit me square in the forehead

noun

A piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

Usage examples:

The door was secured by a wedge

verb

Fix in position using a wedge.

Usage examples:

The door was wedged open

verb

Prepare (pottery clay) for use by cutting, kneading, and throwing down to homogenize it and remove air pockets.

Usage examples:

The photo shows this as if you are facing the person wedging the clay.

noun

A large piece or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He slapped a wodge of notes down on the counter

noun

A thick piece or a large amount of something

Usage examples:

She cut herself a great wodge of chocolate cake., he hurried towards the staffroom with a wodge of …