chunk

chunk
noun
dickes Stück; (broken off) Brocken, der
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noun
(a thick piece of anything, as wood, bread etc: chunks of meat.) der Klotz,dickes Stück
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chunk
[tʃʌŋk]
n
1. (thick lump or piece) Brocken m
\chunk of bread/cheese [großes] Stück Brot/Käse
\chunks of meat Fleischbrocken pl
pineapple \chunks Ananasstücke pl
\chunks of stone Felsbrocken pl
2. (fig fam: large part of sth) großer Batzen fam
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[tʃʌŋk]
n
großes Stück; (of meat) Batzen m; (of stone) Brocken m
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chunk [tʃʌŋk] s umg
1. a) (Holz) Klotz m:
a chunk of wood
b) dickes Stück:
a chunk of bread ein Runken
2. US
a) umg Bulle m umg, oft pej, vierschrötiger Kerl
b) stämmiges Tier (besonders Pferd)
3. fig Batzen m, großer Brocken:
take a big chunk out of ein großes Loch in jemandes Ersparnisse etc reißen
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noun
dickes Stück; (broken off) Brocken, der
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n.
Klotz ¨-er m.

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