chunk

noun1 of 2

a large bit of something; thick lump

• “I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.”Tatoeba
• “He grabbed a good chunk of her hair.”Tatoeba

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verb2 of 2

To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.