1 a piece of sth hard or solid, usually without a particular shape:
a lump of coal / cheese / wood * This sauce has lumps in it.
2 (BrE) = SUGARLUMP:
One lump or two?
3 a swelling under the skin, sometimes a sign of serious illness:
He was unhurt apart from a lump on his head. * Check your breasts for lumps every month.
4 (informal, especially BrE) a heavy, lazy or stupid person:
He's a big fat lump.
IDIOMS
have, etc. a lump in your throat to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional
take your lumps (AmE, informal) to accept bad things that happen to you without complaining:
We made mistakes but we took our lumps.
verb [VN] ~ A and B together
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