{
    "term": "chunk",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thick, solid piece that has been cut or broken off something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a chunk of cheese/masonry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He cut the food up into bite-size chunks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bought the cheese in one big chunk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a huge chunk of meat/​rock"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tin of pineapple chunks"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chunks of masonry lay in the grass around the ruined building."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + chunk": ["cut something (up) into chunks"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the chunk", "chunk of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a fairly large amount of something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've already written a fair chunk of the article."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This one project has taken a substantial chunk of our budget."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "great", "huge"],
                "verb + chunk": ["cut something (up) into chunks"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the chunk", "chunk of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a phrase or group of words that can be learnt as a unit by somebody who is learning a language. Examples of chunks are ‘Can I have the bill, please?’ and ‘Pleased to meet you’.",
            "labels": "(linguistics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The listening texts consist of short, bite-sized chunks which are accessible to beginners."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to vomit",
            "labels": "(North American English, slang)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌŋk/",
                "audio": "ch/chunk/chunk__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌŋk/",
                "audio": "ch/chunk/chunk__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of the noun chuck senses (1) and (3)."
}