Junk Meaning and Definition


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Junk meaning

Word: Junk

How to pronounce: ʤʌŋk

Noun

Definitions:

1. Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.

2. Heroin.

3. The lump of oily fibrous tissue in a sperm whale's head, containing spermaceti.

Example sentences: "Oil of the first quality (spermaceti) is found in the case and junk chambers in the head and was sometimes stored separately from oil."

4. A man's genitals.

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Discard or abandon unceremoniously.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A flat-bottomed sailing vessel typical in China and the East Indies, with a prominent stem, a high stern, and lugsails.

Example sentences: "There is some evidence for development of robust, high-seas sailing junks in China by thirteenth century AD."


Synonyms:

cruft

garbage

waste

debris

trash

litter

dross

rubbish

dust

dreck

rubble

detritus

tripe

old stuff

old junk

scrap

scrap metal

worthless

stuff

dump

muck

crud

junker

shuck

refuse

jettison


Derivations:

junking

junked

junky

Junker

junkyard

junkie


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Junk in Other Languages...

Spanish: Basura

German: Junk

French: Indésirable

Italian: Spazzatura

Turkish: önemsiz


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