junk

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Old or useless things that you no longer want.

   This shed is full of junk; will you help me sort it out?

2. 2
   noun

   Things of poor quality or low value.

   He eats nothing but junk food.

3. 3
   noun

   Nonsense; meaningless talk or writing (informal).

   The student wrote junk for answers just to finish quickly.

Common collocations

• junk food Adjective + noun

From Portuguese junco with reinforcement from Dutch jonk, from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay jong, جوڠ, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“seagoing ship”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Doublet of djong.

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