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chunks

The correct spelling is chunks.

How to pronounce chunks

noun

IPA: /tʃʌŋks/

Say it like: Chu-nks

The correct spelling is chunks. A part of something that has been separated. For example: "The statue broke into chunks."

Usage Examples

The statue broke into chunks.

a chunk of granite

examples of chunks would include "in accordance with", "the results of", and "so far"

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A part of something that has been separated.
  2. 2.A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
  3. 3.A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
  4. 4.A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  5. 5.A segment of a comedian's performance

verb

  1. 1.To break into large pieces or chunks.
  2. 2.To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
  3. 3.To throw.

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