junk
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- pronunciation:
- juhngk
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History
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noun |
| definition: |
Junk is trash or things that have little worth, especially old things that are broken or that you never use anymore.
The garage is filled with junk that needs to be thrown out.My brother can't close his closet because there is too much junk in it.- synonyms:
- garbage, trash, waste
- similar words:
- litter, stuff
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
junks, junking, junked |
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When you junk something, you throw it away because it has no value anymore.
Nobody would buy my uncle's rusty old car, so he finally had to junk it.- similar words:
- dispose of, scrap
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No one is sure where the word
junk came from. We do know that it was first used for old cable or rope found on a sailing ship. In the 1800s, "junk" came to be used for any discarded items from a ship, and then for old things of any kind. The term "junk food" was first used in 1973.