chunk

«chunk» in Mova's school dictionary: A thick, solid piece of something (a chunk of cheese) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a chunk, chunks); verb (chunk, chunks, chunked, chunking)

meaning for a pupil

1) A thick, solid piece of something (a chunk of cheese). tree →

2) A large part or amount of something (a chunk of time). tree →

3) To break something into chunks or smaller parts. tree →

4) In maths, chunking is a way of dividing by taking away groups. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths (UK): the «chunking» method divides by subtracting chunks of the divisor, like 10 lots of 7. In reading: break a long word or text into chunks. In everyday life: pineapple chunks, a big chunk of the money. Phrase: a good chunk of.

examples

• He broke off a chunk of chocolate. tree →
• We spent a big chunk of the day at the beach. tree →
• Chop the carrots into chunks. tree →
• Chunk long words into syllables to read them. tree →
• Use chunking to divide 96 by 8. tree →
• A chunk of ice fell from the roof. tree →
• Slipping a long thin blade from out his belt, he cut large chunks of choice meat. tree →

note

Chunk is bigger and rougher than a slice or bit. Adjective: chunky (thick, solid). In chunking, 96 ÷ 8: take away 10 × 8 = 80, then 2 × 8 = 16; 10 + 2 = 12.

In the corpora

• In the death roll a crocodile spins in the water to tear chunks off its prey, because it can't chew.
• You blend each chunk, then glue the chunks together.
• A syllable is a beat in a word with one vowel sound; long words are read chunk by chunk, sand-wich.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chunk» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.