chunk
A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
Example
“The statue broke into chunks.”
Other meanings
A large or substantial portion of something.
A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “chunk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.