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stout | chunk |

As a proper noun stout

is .

As a noun chunk is

a part of something that has been separated.

As a verb chunk is

to break into large pieces or chunks.

stout

English

Adjective

(er)
  • large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.
  • (obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a stouter champion never handled sword
  • * Clarendon
    • He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.
  • * Daniel
    • The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .
  • (obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
  • * Bible, Mal. iii. 13
    • Your words have been stout against me.
  • * Latimer
    • Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .
  • firm; resolute; dauntless.
  • materially strong, enduring.
    • Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}
  • obstinate.

    • Derived terms

    * stouten * stouthearted * stoutish * stoutly * stoutness

    Noun

    ("stout" on Wikipedia) (en noun)
  • A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
    • Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
  • An obese person. (rfex)
  • A large clothing size. (rfex)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    chunk

    English

    (wikipedia chunk)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part of something that has been separated.
    • The statue broke into chunks .
  • *
  • A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.
    • A chunk of granite .
  • (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • * 1994 , Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
    • The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.

    See also

    * piece * bit * lump * chuck * hunk

    External links

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break into large pieces or chunks.
  • (slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.