Definitions of junk [ʒʌŋk]

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Definition of 'junk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) junk
old or discarded material or objects, as metal, paper, or rags, some of which may be reusable:
junk accumulating in the attic.

2. junk
something regarded as worthless or contemptible; trash.

3. junk
old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc.

4. (v.t.) junk
to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap.

5. (adj.) junk
cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy:
junk jewelry.

6. (n.) junk
a seagoing ship used primarily in Chinese waters, having square sails spread by battens, a high stern, and usu. a flat bottom.

7. (Slang.) junk
narcotics, esp. heroin.

Etymology: (1920–25, Amer.; perh. identical with junk¹)

Definition of 'junk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

2. (verb) junk
any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

3. (verb) trash, junk, scrap
dispose of (something useless or old)
"trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

Definition of 'junk'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) junk
objects that have been thrown out or are considered useless
too much junk in his room; a junk dealer

2. junk
sth of low quality or value
the junk they show on TV; the junk we put into our bodies

Definition of 'junk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) junk
a fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk

2. (noun) junk
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

3. (noun) junk
old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers

4. (noun) junk
hard salted beef supplied to ships

5. (noun) junk
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

Definitions of 'junk'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. junk
a Chinese boat with a flat bottom, a square prow, a high stern, and a pole for mast.

Translation of 'junk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: unwanted or worthless articles; rubbish That cupboard is full of junk; (
Afrikaans: rommel, gemors	Arabic: خُرْدَه، نُفايَه	Bulgarian: вехтории
Brazilian: lixo	Czech: staré krámy	German: der Trödel; Trödel...
Danish: ragelse; marskandiser-	Greek: άχρηστα αντικείμενα, σαβο	Spanish: trastos
Estonian: vanakraam	Farsi: آت و آشغال؛ خرت و پرت	Finnish: romu
French: bric-à-brac	Hebrew: גְרוּטָאוֹת	Hindi: बेकार वस्तु
Croatian: smeće	Hungarian: limlom	Indonesian: rongsokan
Icelandic: drasl, skran	Italian: cianfrusaglie*	Japanese: がらくた
Korean: 시시한 것	Lithuanian: šlamštas, utilis	Latvian: grabažas
Malay: barang-barang lama	Dutch: rommel	Norwegian: skrap(-), skrot; avfall
Polish: rupiecie	Persian: آت و آشغال؛ خرت و پرت	Pashto: فضله شيان، خاوري خځلى غټه
Portuguese: lixo	Romanian: gunoi	Russian: хлам
Slovak: staré krámy, haraburdy	Slovenian: starašara	Serbian: bezvredan predmet
Swedish: skrot, skräp, lump	Thai: เศษของที่ไม่ใช้แล้ว	Turkish: çer çöp, hurda
Taiwanese: 廢棄物	Ukrainian: ганчір'я, хлам	Urdu: کباڑ
Vietnamese: đồ tạp nhạp	Chinese: 废弃物
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