lump
lump /l'ʌmp/ (lumps lumping lumped)
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A lump of something is a solid piece of it.
The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
...a lump of wood...
They used to buy ten kilos of beef in one lump.
2 [N-COUNT]
A lump on or in someone's body is a small, hard swelling that has been caused by an injury or an illness.
I've got a lump on my shoulder...
Howard had to have cancer surgery for a lump in his chest.
3 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A lump of sugar is a small cube of it.
`No sugar,' I said, and Jim asked for two lumps.
see also sugar lump
4
see also lump sum
5 [PHRASE] Ns inflect, usu PHR after v
If you say that you have a lump in your throat, you mean that you have a tight feeling in your throat because of a strong emotion such as sorrow or gratitude.
I stood there with a lump in my throat and tried to fight back tears...lump sum (lump sums)
[N-COUNT]
A lump sum is an amount of money that is paid as a large amount on a single occasion rather than as smaller amounts on several separate occasions.
...a tax-free lump sum of £50,000 at retirement age.lump together
[PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P, be V-ed P with n
If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
Policemen, bankers and butchers are all lumped together in the service sector...
Because she was lumped together with alcoholics and hard-drug users, Claire felt out of place.sug|ar lump (sugar lumps)
also sugar-lump
[N-COUNT]
Sugar lumps are small cubes of sugar. You put them in cups of tea and coffee.
1 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A lump of something is a solid piece of it.
The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
...a lump of wood...
They used to buy ten kilos of beef in one lump.
2 [N-COUNT]
A lump on or in someone's body is a small, hard swelling that has been caused by an injury or an illness.
I've got a lump on my shoulder...
Howard had to have cancer surgery for a lump in his chest.
3 [N-COUNT] oft N of n
A lump of sugar is a small cube of it.
`No sugar,' I said, and Jim asked for two lumps.
see also sugar lump
4
see also lump sum
5 [PHRASE] Ns inflect, usu PHR after v
If you say that you have a lump in your throat, you mean that you have a tight feeling in your throat because of a strong emotion such as sorrow or gratitude.
I stood there with a lump in my throat and tried to fight back tears...lump sum (lump sums)
[N-COUNT]
A lump sum is an amount of money that is paid as a large amount on a single occasion rather than as smaller amounts on several separate occasions.
...a tax-free lump sum of £50,000 at retirement age.lump together
[PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, be V-ed P, be V-ed P with n
If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
Policemen, bankers and butchers are all lumped together in the service sector...
Because she was lumped together with alcoholics and hard-drug users, Claire felt out of place.sug|ar lump (sugar lumps)
also sugar-lump
[N-COUNT]
Sugar lumps are small cubes of sugar. You put them in cups of tea and coffee.