OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26384

lump

/lʌmp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bollo (idem) • bulto • chichón • grumo • hinchazón • protuberancia
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
acumulación • agrupación • amontonamiento • cúmulo
A group, set, or unit.
The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
terrón
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
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