Definitions for junk mail

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

junk′ mail`(n.)

  1. unsolicited commercial material, as advertisements and requests for donations, mailed in bulk.

Origin of junk mail:

1950–55, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. junk mail(noun)

    third-class mail consisting of advertising and often addressed to `resident' or `occupant'

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. junk mail(noun)ʒʌŋk

    unwanted mail, usually containing advertisements

    too much junk mail

Wiktionary

  1. junk mail(Noun)

    any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters

  2. Origin: From junk + mail


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