chunk
noun [C] /tʃʌŋk/Definition
› a roughly cut piece: a chunk of cheese/meat pineapple/tuna chunksMasses and large amounts of things › informal a part of something, especially a large part: a chunk of text a substantial chunk of our profits Three hours is quite a chunk out of my working day.Masses and large amounts of thingsWords meaning parts of things
(Definition of chunk noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- accumulation noun
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