junk1
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- pronunciation:
- juhngk
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History
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noun |
| definition: |
things having little worth; trash.
The garage is filled with junk.- synonyms:
- garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste
- similar words:
- litter, stuff
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verb |
| inflections: |
junks, junking, junked |
| definition: |
to throw away because no longer working or valuable.
Tim junked his rusty old bicycle.- similar words:
- chuck, discard, 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.