junk

[Junk]

Junk is trash, debris, or garbage it's something that's left behind or thrown away because it's not wanted. You might view the broken toaster as junk, while your sister sees it as an interesting repair project.

...

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

Noun
any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

Noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Verb
dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

n.
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.

n.
Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

n.
Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

n.
Hard salted beef supplied to ships.

n.
A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

Junk

Junk, n. [Pg. junco junk, rush, L. juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages. Cf. Junket.] 1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships. 2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers. 3. (Naut.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships. Junk bottle , a stout bottle made of thick dark-colored glass. -- Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. -- Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck. -- Junk ring. (a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine. (b) A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place; (c) A follower. -- Junk shop, a shop where old cordage, and ship's tackle, old iron, old bottles, old paper, etc., are kept for sale. -- Junk vat (Leather Manuf.), a large vat into which spent tan liquor or ooze is pumped. -- Junk wad (Mil.), a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot.

Junk

Junk, n. [Pg. junco; cf. Jav. & Malay jong, ajong, Chin. chwan.] (Naut.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

...

Usage Examples

If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.

I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.

I was always on the go, and thought I was too busy to develop something like this. I thought at the time that diabetes went along with bad habits, but I was the last one in my family to eat junk food.

I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.

I was always a junk food person, still am.

I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated.

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

Junk food drags you down.

Misspelled Form

junk, hjunk, ujunk, ijunk, kjunk, njunk, mjunk, hunk, uunk, iunk, kunk, nunk, munk, jhunk, juunk, jiunk, jkunk, jnunk, jmunk, jyunk, j7unk, j8unk, jiunk, jjunk, jynk, j7nk, j8nk, jink, jjnk, juynk, ju7nk, ju8nk, juink, jujnk, jubnk, juhnk, jujnk, jumnk, ju nk, jubk, juhk, jujk, jumk, ju k, junbk, junhk, junjk, junmk, jun k, junjk, junik, junok, junlk, junmk, junj, juni, juno, junl, junm, junkj, junki, junko, junkl, junkm.

Other Usage Examples

A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.

I can safely say that other than macaroni and cheese, there's no processed food in my life. There's no inorganic food in my life these days. There's no junk food. There's not a lot of sugar. There's no soy. I mean, really everything that's going into my body is pretty pure.

I just don't crave junk food.

I normally don't eat junk food.

I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice.

I was never a person who was introduced to junk food.

Everyone would be healthier if they didn't eat junk food.

For all the concern about bodies and weight, 'Baywatch' has three huge catering trucks on the set at all times. One for entrees, one appetizers and one for junk food.

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.