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Word: Chunk
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: apparently an alteration of chuck
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tʃʌŋk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a thick, solid piece of something
Short Definition:thick piece
Examples:- huge chunks of masonry littered the street
Word: Chunk
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
tʃʌŋk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
divide (something) into chunks
Short Definition:divide something into chunks
Examples:- chunk four pounds of pears
Definition:
(in psychology or linguistic analysis) group together (connected items or words) so that they can be stored or processed as single concepts
Short Definition:group together connected items
Examples:- pupils are able to chunk phrases or propositions into units
- the chunking of information
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