[ UK /d‍ʒˈʌŋk/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒəŋk/ ]
NOUN
  1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
  2. any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
VERB
  1. dispose of (something useless or old)
    scrap your old computer
    trash these old chairs
    junk an old car
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How To Use junk In A Sentence

  • She would have taken a great deal of trouble that her daughters might not be a flounce behind the fashions, and was so far-seeing in her motherly anxieties, that she junketed herself and Major Buller to many an entertainment, where they were bored for their pains, that the extensive acquaintance might ensure to the girls partners, both for balls and for life when they came to require them. Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
  • Offensive junk mail, in particular that of an adult nature has become increasingly an issue to all of us onliners and site owners alike.
  • February 26, 2005 03: 43 schlarb: re: Soul-Junk chronology: all of the full length records run in ascending order from 1950 through, most recently, 1958. conversely all the EP's run in decending order from 1949 through, again most recently, 1937. Not one to shy away from a challenge (Music (For Robots))
  • I'm just still in a daze, wandering round the town centre at lunch, like some half-cut junkie, drunk on death.
  • Created for all kinds of cycling lifestyler, they offer technical and off-the-bike gear for everyone from committed roadies to dirt junkies.
  • A man hurls junk food at unsuspecting members of the public. Times, Sunday Times
  • If you can't find this gem then other options are fast-food outlets and overpriced junk food. The Sun
  • Having a more positive approach to making choices builds your confidence - and dejunks your clutter.
  • As a long-time B-list critic and junketeer, my conscience has long been inured to the petty scams of the Golden Globes voter shoving another complimentary cream puff into his craw. House of Scams and Fog, Or How to Break Into Your Own Apartment
  • At dinner, they ate as they had before, although in time Bittman found that even his evening meals came to include more "vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains and less meat, sugar, junk food, and overrefined carbohydrates. Thoughts on the minimalist and "vegan until six"
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