CHUNK
What does "CHUNK" mean?
A thick, solid piece of something.
Meanings
- A thick, roughly broken-off piece of something solid. She dropped a chunk of dark chocolate into the warm milk.
- A significant portion or amount of something. A large chunk of my paycheck goes straight to rent. informal
- To group items into larger, more memorable units. Phone numbers are easier to recall once you chunk them into blocks. technical
Did you know?
- In George Miller's famous 1956 paper, 'chunking' is why you can recall a phone number you'd never remember as ten loose digits: grouping items into chunks lets short-term memory hold far more than seven separate things.
Word origin
A variant of 'chuck' in the sense of a lump of wood, with the nasal 'n' added, recorded from the late 17th century.
A little poem
Bread torn, not sliced clean-
the rough chunk knows your hand's shape
better than a knife.
haiku
Wordplay
- Memory experts swear by chunking - it's the only way they bit off more than seven things and could still chew them.
What it teaches
Big problems get easier the moment you break them into chunks small enough to hold.
Quick facts
What does CHUNK mean?
A thick, solid piece of something.
Is CHUNK a valid word?
Yes — CHUNK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHUNK?
CHUNK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHUNK come from?
A variant of 'chuck' in the sense of a lump of wood, with the nasal 'n' added, recorded from the late 17th century.
What can CHUNK teach us?
Big problems get easier the moment you break them into chunks small enough to hold.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.