chunk

1. 1.

   put together indiscriminately

   “lump together all the applicants”

   Synonymslump

   Broaderroll up
2. 2.

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

   Synonymscollocatelump

   Broadergroup

Other forms of chunk

plural

chunks·

past tense

chunked·

present participle

chunking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chunk

What does chunk mean?

chunk means "a compact mass". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chunk?

chunk has 1 syllable: chunk. In IPA it is /ˈtʃʌŋk/.

What is another word for chunk?

Close synonyms include ball, clod, glob, lump, clump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chunk a common word?

chunk is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.