For many householders, mail too easily vanishes into junk mail.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
You get it by eating junk food and depleting your microbiome, and it will probably kill you.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Buy a recycled shelving unit from a junk shop and paint it, rather than having one made.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I cannot think of a sensible reason for removing measures such as stopping shops placing junk food next to the tills.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Her mum used to have celebrity magazines around the house, but now there's only junk mail with her name still on it.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Most items will end up in junk shops.
The Sun (2013)
Not quite a load of old junk.
The Sun (2006)
The result is a thickening cloud of space junk that just got thicker.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Experts blame a diet of junk food and too much alcohol for the rapid rise.
The Sun (2014)
The last in the story is an email purporting to help the recipient deal with junk mail.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
That is why it is now a junk bond.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
At least you could argue that space junk comprises historically important artefacts.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But the tragic schoolgirl is hooked on a diet of junk food.
The Sun (2008)
It denied claims that it was prioritising more lucrative junk mail.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is as if there is a national conspiracy to get the population to eat fattening junk.
Joanna Blythman Bad Food Britain (2006)
Investors with large holdings of junk bonds took large losses.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
Detectives found the loot in plastic bags hidden behind household junk and old furniture.
The Sun (2006)
But many people have binned it as junk mail because it looks like a consumer research form.
The Sun (2007)
An all in one loose cover on a junk shop chair will give it a more tailored look.
Churchill, Jane (ed.) Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993)
Our minds are cluttered junk shops.
Christianity Today (2000)
We are not yet recycling space junk but at least we're clearing space in space.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Hong Kong harbour is beautiful and you can go on a junk boat and do all that touristy stuff, which we did.
The Sun (2015)
In other languages
junk
British English: junk /dʒʌŋk/ NOUN
Junk is an amount of old or useless things.
What shall we do with all this junk?
American English: junk
Arabic: خُرْدَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: tranqueira
Chinese: 垃圾
Croatian: smeće
Czech: krámy harampádí
Danish: skrammel
Dutch: rommel
European Spanish: trastos viejos
Finnish: roina
French: bazar
German: Trödel
Greek: σκουπίδια
Italian: cianfrusaglie
Japanese: がらくた
Korean: 쓰레기
Norwegian: skrap
Polish: rupieć
European Portuguese: tralha
Romanian: vechitură
Russian: хлам
Latin American Spanish: trastos viejos
Swedish: skräp
Thai: ของเก่าที่ไม่ต้องการแล้ว
Turkish: pılı pırtı
Ukrainian: мотлох
Vietnamese: đồ đồng nát
British English: junk VERB
If you junk something, you get rid of it or stop using it.
Consumers will not have to junk their old cassettes to use the new format.
American English: junk
Brazilian Portuguese: jogar no lixo
Chinese: 丢掉
European Spanish: deshacerse de
French: mettre au rancart
German: wegschmeißen
Italian: buttare via
Japanese: 捨てる
Korean: 버리다
European Portuguese: deitar fora
Latin American Spanish: deshacerse de
All related terms of 'junk'
junk art
three-dimensional sculptures made of discarded or secondhand objects
junk bond
If a company issues junk bonds , it borrows money from investors, usually at a high rate of interest , in order to finance a particular deal , for example the setting up or the taking over of another company.
junk DNA
DNA that consists of repeated sequences of nucleotide and has no apparent function
junk food
If you refer to food as junk food , you mean that it is quick and easy to prepare but is not good for your health .
junk heap
an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
junk mail
Junk mail is advertisements and publicity materials that you receive through the post or by email which you have not asked for and which you do not want .
junk room
a room in a house that is used as a store room
junk shop
a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
junk shot
a procedure used for stemming the flow of oil from a leaking well in which debris (such as shredded tyres , golf balls, etc) is pumped into the well at high pressure
junk bonds
Junk bonds are bonds with a high risk that they will not be paid back, but with the possibility of a high yield .
junk dealer
a person who buys and sells discarded or secondhand objects
junk mailer
an organization that sends junk mail in bulk , esp. to solicit business or charitable contributions
junk market
the market for junk bonds
space junk
objects such as artificial satellites , material discarded from space stations , etc that remain in space after use
junk jewelry
inexpensive costume jewelry
junkman
a man who buys and sells discarded clothing , furniture , etc
Chinese translation of 'junk'
junk
(dʒʌŋk)
n
(u) (inf, = rubbish) 废(廢)旧(舊)杂(雜)物 (fèijiù záwù)
(u) (= antiques) 古董 (gǔdǒng)
(c) (= ship) 平底帆船 (píngdǐ fānchuán) (艘, sōu)
vt
(inf) 扔掉 (rēngdiào)
(noun)
Definition
rubbish
What are you going to do with all that junk?
Synonyms
rubbish
unwanted household rubbish
refuse
a weekly collection of refuse
waste
This country produces 10 million tonnes of toxic waste every year.
scrap
cut up for scrap
litter
If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up.
debris
Seven vehicles were damaged by flying debris.
crap (slang)
garbage
rotting piles of garbage
trash
The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash.
clutter
rummage
dross
recovering gold nuggets from dross
odds and ends
She packed her clothes and a few other odds and ends.
space junk
oddments
flotsam and jetsam
leavings
dreck
(verb)
(informal)
The socialists junked dogma when they came to office.
Synonyms
get rid of
drop
I was told to drop the idea.
remove
It's quite tricky to remove ants from your home – but not impossible.
reject
Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript.
abandon
She claimed that her friends had abandoned her.
dump (informal)
Ministers believed it was vital to dump the tax.
shed
He has called on employers not to shed workers.
scrap
We should scrap nuclear and chemical weapons.
axe (informal)
Community projects are being axed by the government.
ditch (slang)
I decided to ditch the sofa bed.
chuck (informal)
I chucked a whole lot of old magazines and papers.
Don't just chuck your bottles away – recycle them.
discard
Read the instructions before discarding the box.
dispose of
relinquish
He does not intend to relinquish power.
dispense with
jettison
The government seems to have jettisoned the plan.
repudiate
He repudiated any form of nationalism.
cast aside
throw away or out
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abandon
Definition
to desert or leave
She claimed that her friends had abandoned her.
Synonyms
leave,
strand,
ditch (slang),
leave behind,
walk out on,
forsake,
jilt,
run out on,
throw over,
turn your back on,
desert,
dump,
leave high and dry,
leave in the lurch,
let someone stew in their own juice
in the sense of axe
Definition
to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure), or terminate (a project)
Community projects are being axed by the government.
Synonyms
abandon,
end,
pull,
eliminate,
cancel,
scrap,
wind up,
turn off (informal),
relegate,
cut back,
terminate,
dispense with,
discontinue,
pull the plug on
in the sense of chuck
I chucked a whole lot of old magazines and papers.Don't just chuck your bottles away – recycle them.
Synonyms
throw out,
dump (informal),
scrap,
get rid of,
bin (informal),
ditch (slang),
junk (informal),
discard,
dispose of,
dispense with,
jettison
Synonyms of 'junk'
junk
Explore 'junk' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of debris
Definition
fragments of something destroyed
Seven vehicles were damaged by flying debris.
Synonyms
remains,
bits,
pieces,
waste,
ruins,
wreck,
rubbish,
fragments,
litter,
rubble,
wreckage,
brash,
detritus,
dross
in the sense of discard
Definition
to get rid of (something or someone) as useless or undesirable
Read the instructions before discarding the box.
Synonyms
get rid of,
drop,
remove,
throw away or out,
reject,
abandon,
dump (informal),
shed,
scrap,
axe (informal),
ditch (slang),
junk (informal),
chuck (informal),
dispose of,
relinquish,
dispense with,
jettison,
repudiate,
cast aside
in the sense of ditch
Definition
to abandon or discard
I decided to ditch the sofa bed.
Synonyms
get rid of,
dump (informal),
scrap,
bin (informal),
junk (informal),
chuck (informal),
discard,
dispose of,
dispense with,
jettison,
cast off,
throw out or overboard
in the sense of drop
Definition
to discontinue
I was told to drop the idea.
Synonyms
quit,
give up,
abandon,
cease,
axe (informal),
kick (informal),
terminate,
shun,
relinquish,
remit,
discontinue,
forsake,
turn your back on
in the sense of dross
Definition
the scum formed on the surfaces of molten metals
recovering gold nuggets from dross
Synonyms
scum,
crust,
impurity,
scoria,
rubbish,
remains,
refuse,
lees,
waste,
debris,
dregs,
recrement
in the sense of dump
Ministers believed it was vital to dump the tax.
Synonyms
scrap,
axe (informal),
get rid of,
abolish,
junk (informal),
put an end to,
discontinue,
jettison,
put paid to
in the sense of garbage
Definition
household waste
rotting piles of garbage
Synonyms
junk,
rubbish,
litter,
trash (US),
refuse,
waste,
sweepings,
scraps,
debris,
muck,
filth,
swill,
slops,
offal,
detritus,
dross,
odds and ends,
flotsam and jetsam,
grot (slang),
leavings,
dreck (slang, US),
scourings,
offscourings
in the sense of jettison
Definition
to abandon or give up
The government seems to have jettisoned the plan.
Synonyms
abandon,
reject,
desert,
dump,
shed,
scrap,
throw out,
discard,
throw away,
relinquish,
forsake,
slough off,
throw on the scrapheap
in the sense of litter
Definition
small items of rubbish carelessly dropped in public places
If you see litter in the corridor, pick it up.
Synonyms
rubbish,
refuse,
waste,
fragments,
junk,
debris,
shreds,
garbage (US),
trash,
muck,
detritus,
grot (slang)
in the sense of odds and ends
Definition
small, usually unimportant, objects, jobs to be done, etc.
She packed her clothes and a few other odds and ends.
Synonyms
scraps,
bits,
pieces,
remains,
rubbish,
fragments,
litter,
debris,
shreds,
remnants,
bits and pieces,
bric-a-brac,
bits and bobs,
oddments,
odds and sods,
leavings,
miscellanea,
sundry or miscellaneous items
Additional synonyms
in the sense of refuse
Definition
anything thrown away
a weekly collection of refuse
Synonyms
rubbish,
waste,
sweepings,
junk (informal),
litter,
garbage (US),
trash,
sediment,
scum,
dross,
dregs,
leavings,
dreck (slang, US),
offscourings,
lees
in the sense of reject
Definition
to pass over or throw out as useless
Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript.
Synonyms
discard,
decline,
eliminate,
scrap,
bin,
jettison,
cast aside,
throw away or out
in the sense of relinquish
Definition
to renounce (a claim or right)
He does not intend to relinquish power.
Synonyms
give up,
leave,
release,
drop,
abandon,
resign,
desert,
quit,
yield,
hand over,
surrender,
withdraw from,
let go,
retire from,
renounce,
waive,
vacate,
say goodbye to,
forsake,
cede,
repudiate,
cast off,
forgo,
abdicate,
kiss (something) goodbye,
lay aside
in the sense of remove
It's quite tricky to remove ants from your home – but not impossible.
Synonyms
kill,
murder,
do in (slang),
eliminate,
take out (slang),
get rid of,
execute,
wipe out,
dispose of,
assassinate,
do away with,
liquidate,
bump off (slang),
wipe from the face of the earth
in the sense of repudiate
Definition
to disown (a person)
He repudiated any form of nationalism.
Synonyms
reject,
renounce,
retract,
disown,
abandon,
desert,
reverse,
cut off,
discard,
revoke,
forsake,
cast off,
rescind,
disavow,
turn your back on,
abjure,
wash your hands of
in the sense of scrap
Definition
waste material or used articles, often collected and reprocessed
cut up for scrap
Synonyms
waste,
refuse,
rubbish,
junk,
litter,
debris,
garbage,
trash (US, Canadian),
detritus,
off cuts
in the sense of scrap
Definition
to discard as useless
We should scrap nuclear and chemical weapons.
Synonyms
get rid of,
drop,
abandon,
shed,
break up,
ditch (slang),
junk (informal),
chuck (informal),
discard,
write off,
demolish,
trash (slang),
dispense with,
jettison,
toss out,
throw on the scrapheap,
throw away or out
in the sense of shed
Definition
to get rid of
He has called on employers not to shed workers.
Synonyms
sack (informal),
fire (informal),
dismiss (informal),
axe (informal),
discharge,
remove,
oust,
lay off,
make redundant,
cashier,
send packing (informal),
give notice to,
kiss off (slang, US, Canadian),
give (someone) their marching orders,
give (someone) the boot (slang),
give (someone) the bullet (British, slang),
give (someone) their P45 (British, informal),
give (someone) their pink slip (US, informal)
in the sense of trash
Definition
unwanted objects
The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash.
Synonyms
litter,
refuse,
waste,
rubbish,
sweepings,
junk (informal),
garbage,
dross,
dregs,
dreck (slang, US),
offscourings
in the sense of waste
Definition
rubbish
This country produces 10 million tonnes of toxic waste every year.