"chunkful" meaning in English

See chunkful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more chunkful [comparative], most chunkful [superlative]
Etymology: chunk + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chunk|ful|pos=adjective}} chunk + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} chunkful (comparative more chunkful, superlative most chunkful)
  1. Chunky.
    Sense id: en-chunkful-en-adj-P2MZH-0G Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: chunkfuls [plural]
Etymology: chunk + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chunk|ful|pos=noun}} chunk + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} chunkful (plural chunkfuls)
  1. Synonym of chunk Synonyms: chunk [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-chunkful-en-noun-uEp6m82H Categories (other): English nouns suffixed with -ful
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009, John Barlow, Everything But the Squeal: A Year of Pigging Out in Northern Spain, page 76",
          "text": "The half-head drips with molten fat, and the cachucha man (who is in a dark suit with shirt and tie) winces at the heat as with both hands he rips it apart, yanking a chunkful of cheek from the pig's grinning profile, hot grease streaming over his hands and splashing out into the crowd.",
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