chunk

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

chunk, n. [Cf. Chump.].

 A short, thick piece of anything.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chunk, n.
1 a thick solid slice or piece of something firm or hard.
2 a substantial amount or piece.

Etymology

prob. var. of CHUCK(2)

THESAURUS

chunk

accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, allotment, allowance, amassment, amount, ante, batch, bet, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, book, bowl, budget, bulk, bunch, butt, cast, change of pace, change-up, chip, chuck, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop, commission, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, contingent, count, crumb, cumulation, curve, cut, cutting, deal, destiny, dividend, dole, dollop, dose, downcurve, end, equal share, fastball, fate, fling, flip, forward pass, fragment, gathering, glomeration, gob, gobbet, group, half, halver, handbook, hazard, heap, heave, helping, hunch, hunk, hurl, incurve, interest, knuckleball, large amount, lateral, lateral pass, loaf, lob, lot, lump, mass, measure, meed, mess, modicum, moiety, morsel, nugget, number, outcurve, pack, parcel, paring, parlay, part, particle, pass, pat, peg, percentage, piece, pitch, play, portion, proportion, put, quantity, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, screwball, segment, serve, service, shard, share, shaving, shiver, shot, shot-put, shred, shy, sinker, slice, slider, sling, sliver, small amount, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, spitball, spitter, splinter, stake, stitch, stock, stockpile, stump, sum, tatter, throw, toss, upcurve, wad, wager

ROGET THESAURUS

chunk

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.