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1 N‑COUNT Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it. □ [+ of ] …a chunk of meat. □  Cut the melon into chunks.

2 N‑COUNT A chunk of something is a large amount or large part of it. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ of ] The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.

chunky /tʃʌ ŋki/ (chunkier , chunkiest )

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A chunky person is broad and heavy. □  The soprano was a chunky girl from California.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A chunky object is large and thick. □  …a chunky sweater. □  …chunky jewellery.

church ◆◆◇ /tʃɜː ^r tʃ/ (churches )

1 N‑VAR A church is a building in which Christians worship. You usually refer to this place as church when you are talking about the time that people spend there. □  …one of Britain's most historic churches. □  …St Helen's Church. □  I didn't see you in church on Sunday.

2 N‑COUNT [oft adj N ] A Church is one of the groups of people within the Christian religion, for example Catholics or Methodists, that have their own beliefs, clergy, and forms of worship. □ [+ of ] …co-operation with the Church of Scotland. □  Church leaders said he was welcome to return.

church|goer /tʃɜː ^r tʃgoʊə ^r / (churchgoers ) also church-goer N‑COUNT A churchgoer is a person who goes to church regularly.

church|man /tʃɜː ^r tʃmən/ (churchmen ) N‑COUNT A churchman is the same as a clergyman. [FORMAL ]

Chu rch of E ng|land N‑PROPER The Church of England is the main church in England. It has the Queen as its head and it does not recognize the authority of the Pope.

chu rch school (church schools ) N‑COUNT A church school is a school which has a special relationship with a particular branch of the Christian Church, and where there is strong emphasis on worship and the teaching of religion.

church|warden /tʃɜː ^r tʃwɔː ^r d ^ə n/ (churchwardens ) N‑COUNT In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.

church|yard /tʃɜː ^r tʃjɑː ^r d/ (churchyards ) N‑COUNT A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.

churl|ish /tʃɜː ^r l I ʃ/ ADJ Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  She would think him churlish if he refused. □  The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.

churn /tʃɜː ^r n/ (churns , churning , churned )

1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A churn is a container which is used for making butter.

2 VERB If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently. □ [V n] The propeller churned the water and the ship was away. □ [V -ed] …unsurfaced roads now churned into mud by the annual rains. ● PHRASAL VERB Churn up means the same as churn . □ [V P n] The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool. □ [V n P ] Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play. □ [V -ed P ] …muddy, churned-up ground.

3 VERB If you say that your stomach is churning , you mean that you feel sick. You can also say that something churns your stomach. □ [V ] My stomach churned as I stood up. [Also V n]

▸  churn out PHRASAL VERB To churn out something means to produce large quantities of it very quickly. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] He began to churn out literary compositions in English. [Also V n P ]

▸  churn up → see churn 2

churn|ing /tʃɜː ^r n I ŋ/ ADJ [ADJ n] Churning water is moving about violently. [LITERARY ] □  …anything to take our minds off that gap and the brown, churning water below.

chute /ʃuː t/ (chutes )

1 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide. □  Passengers escaped from the plane's front four exits by sliding down emergency chutes.