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Word entry · 5 letters

chunk

Best crossword clue

"Solid piece"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /t͡ʃʌŋk/Part of speech verb, nounSorted chknuStarts with CEnds with K2 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2H3U4N5K

Definitions

  1. group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

Word origin

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.

Used in a sentence

  • The statue broke into chunks.
  • a chunk of granite
  • Daylight, between mouthfuls, fed chunks of ice into the tin pot, where it thawed into water. […] Daylight cut up generous chunks of bacon and dropped them in the pot of bubbling beans.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Solid piece5 letters
02Large piece5 letters

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