junk
noun
[ dʒʌŋk ]
• old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value.
• "the cellars are full of junk"
Similar:
useless things,
discarded things,
clutter,
stuff,
odds and ends,
bits and pieces,
bric-a-brac,
oddments,
flotsam and jetsam,
white elephants,
garbage,
refuse,
litter,
scrap,
waste,
debris,
detritus,
dross,
leavings,
leftovers,
remnants,
cast-offs,
rejects,
rubbish,
lumber,
trash,
mullock,
dreck,
gubbins,
odds and sods,
rummage,
crap,
shit,
• heroin.
• "you do anything for junk—cheat, lie, steal"
• the lump of oily fibrous tissue in a sperm whale's head, containing spermaceti.
• a man's genitals.
junk
verb
• discard or abandon unceremoniously.
• "sort out what could be sold off and junk the rest"
Similar:
throw away/out,
discard,
get rid of,
dispose of,
scrap,
toss out,
jettison,
dispense with,
chuck (away/out),
dump,
ditch,
bin,
get shut of,
bung away/out,
get shot of,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting an old or inferior rope): of unknown origin. junk1 (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the mid 19th century.
junk
noun
• a flat-bottomed sailing vessel of a kind typical of China and the East Indies, with a prominent stem and lugsails.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from obsolete French juncque or Portuguese junco, from Malay jong, reinforced by Dutch jonk .
