junk
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- pronunciation:
- juhngk
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History
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noun |
| definition: |
things that have little worth.
I'd like to throw away some of that old junk.- synonyms:
- garbage, refuse, trash, waste
- similar words:
- litter
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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.