chunk
/tʃʌŋk/ n [C]Definition
› a thick piece or lump: A large chunk of plaster crashed down from the ceiling. › infml A chunk is a large part of something: Her books must be read in chunks to follow the plot.
(Definition of chunk n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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