Definition of "lump" []

• An irregularly shaped mass or piece. (noun)
• A small cube of sugar. (noun)
• Pathology A swelling or small palpable mass. (noun)
• A collection or totality; an aggregate. (noun)
• A person regarded as ungainly or dull-witted. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Should that fail, I have no doubt that it will remain a testament to the culinary incompetence of one man, a man whose name will be lost to history many years after the apocalypse when the mysterious lump is unearthed by puzzled scientists."
• "Once the lump is found, you jump on that merry-go-round of terrifying medical intervention."
• "Sometimes a lump is just a lump … hope so in this case."