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# chunk

«chunk» in Mova's school dictionary: **A thick, solid piece of something (a chunk of cheese)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a chunk, chunks); verb (chunk, chunks, chunked, chunking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thick, solid piece of something (a chunk of cheese). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#m1)

2) A large part or amount of something (a chunk of time). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#m2)

3) To break something into chunks or smaller parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#m3)

4) In maths, chunking is a way of dividing by taking away groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths (UK): the «chunking» method divides by subtracting chunks of the divisor, like 10 lots of 7. In reading: break a long word or text into chunks. In everyday life: pineapple chunks, a big chunk of the money. Phrase: a good chunk of.

### examples

- He broke off a chunk of chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x1)
- We spent a big chunk of the day at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x2)
- Chop the carrots into chunks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x3)
- Chunk long words into syllables to read them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x4)
- Use chunking to divide 96 by 8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x5)
- A chunk of ice fell from the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x6)
- Slipping a long thin blade from out his belt, he cut large chunks of choice meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/#x7)

### note

Chunk is bigger and rougher than a slice or bit. Adjective: chunky (thick, solid). In chunking, 96 ÷ 8: take away 10 × 8 = 80, then 2 × 8 = 16; 10 + 2 = 12.

### In the corpora

- [In the death roll a crocodile spins in the water to tear chunks off its prey, because it can't chew.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/14/)
- [You blend each chunk, then glue the chunks together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/7/)
- [A syllable is a beat in a word with one vowel sound; long words are read chunk by chunk, sand-wich.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chunk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chunk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.