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Antonyms for chunk

Grammar : Noun
Spell : chuhngk
Phonetic Transcription : tʃʌŋk

Definition of chunk

Origin :
  • "thick block" of something, 1690s, probably a nasalized variant of chuck (n.1) "cut of meat;" meaning "large amount" is 1883, American English.
  • noun mass, slab of something
Example sentences :
  • But it ain't like him to unbelt for a chunk unless he knows something.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • I tell ye what you do: Give him a bone or a chunk of tough meat to chaw on.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "He needs a chunk of lead about the middle of his appetite," Taterleg declared.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • "A chunk of wood banged me in the forehead," said Tom simply.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • Just a handful of twigs at a time will cook coffee or roast a chunk of meat.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • I felt Anita shoving a rock at my hand, a chunk of rock the size of my head.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • A chunk of it cut the man's arm off, and left it dangling in my hand.
  • Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • To the other technician the general said, "Get a chunk for verification of the alloy."
  • Extract from : « A Fine Fix » by R. C. Noll
  • The Major pulled his moustache and flicked a chunk of mud from his boot with his whip.
  • Extract from : « Great Britain at War » by Jeffery Farnol
  • One fell among the Guernsey cookers, tearing a chunk cut of Sergt.
  • Extract from : « Norman Ten Hundred » by A. Stanley Blicq

Synonyms for chunk

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