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Chunk

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Broader term 7

Accumulate 76% connected

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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Agglomeration 76% connected

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

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Amass 76% connected

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Compile 76% connected

To put together; to construct; to build.

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Hoard 76% connected

See Hoarding, 2.

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Narrower term 4

Clew 76% connected

Alt. of Clue

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Clot 76% connected

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Coagulum 76% connected

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

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Gob 76% connected

Same as Goaf.

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Lump 74% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lump 74% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lumper 74% connected

The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

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Lumper 74% connected

The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

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Lumpy 74% connected

Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

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Lumpy 74% connected

Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

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Synonym 5

Ball 92% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clod 92% connected

A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clump 92% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Collocate 92% connected

Set; placed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lump 92% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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