Junk

Word JUNK
Character 4
Hyphenation junk
Pronunciations /dʒʌŋk/

Definitions and meanings of "Junk"

What do we mean by junk?

Discarded material, such as glass, rags, paper, or metal, some of which may be reused in some form. noun

Articles that are worn-out or fit to be discarded. noun

Cheap or shoddy material. noun

Something meaningless, fatuous, or unbelievable. noun

The genitals. noun

The buttocks. noun

Heroin. noun

Hard salt beef for consumption on board a ship. noun

To discard as useless or sell to be reused as parts; scrap. transitive verb

Cheap, shoddy, or worthless. adjective

Having a superficial appeal or utility, but lacking substance. adjective

Relating to or similar to junk bonds, especially in having a high risk of default. adjective

A Chinese flatbottom ship with a high poop and battened sails. noun

A rush; a reed. noun

Nautical, old or condemned cable and cordage cut into small pieces, used when untwisted for making points, gaskets, swabs, mats, etc., and picked into fibers to make oakum for calking seams. noun

Hence Worn-out and discarded material in general that may be turned to some use; especially, old rope, chain, iron, copper, parts of machinery, and bottles, gathered or bought up by tradesmen called junk-dealers; hence, rubbish- of any kind; odds and ends. noun

Salt beef or pork supplied to vessels for long voyages: so called from its resemblance in toughness to old ropes' ends. noun

The mass of blubbery and cellular tissue which fills the cavity of the head of the sperm-whale between the case and the white-horse, containing oil and spermaceti. noun

Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.

A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.

Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.

The genitalia.

Salt beef.

Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.

Material or resources of a kind lacking commercial value.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Junk

The word "junk" in example sentences

~ One man's junk may be a genomic treasure -- Scientists have only recently begun to speculate that what`s referred to as “junk” DNA - the 96 percent of the human genome that doesn`t encode for proteins and previously seemed to have no useful purpose - is present in the genome for an important reason. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

I did the polar bear swim today too – oh that was the coldest thing ever – it wouldn’t have been so bad except that there was this crazy wind on the beach, and these huge waves that brought all the junk on the sea floor up, and so when I got out I was covered in seaweed and junk… ❋ Jenna-bear (2004)

It is more than a tad ironic that John Stossel frequently used and even popularized the term "junk science" on "20/20," and I began to wonder if he was engaging in it himself. ❋ Dana Ullman (2011)

For many investors, the term "junk bond" evokes thoughts of investment scams and high-flying financiers of the 1980s, such as Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken, who were known as "junk bond kings."

Anyone who is a craftsman (woman) who has valuable skills is losing the value of those skills because we are awash in junk from the Far East! ❋ Unknown (2009)

While his use of the term junk food conjures images of some guy sustaining himself entirely on Pringles and Dollar Menu Cheeseburgers, there are tons of junky low-nutrition value foods out there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

TUCHMAN: Add to that a leaky laboratory roof and a tropical storm that flooded the lab in 2002, and you see why some of the work that comes from this lab earned the label junk science. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That is about triple the 7% yield threshold that used to define the term junk bond. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The average yields of 20% or more are about triple the 7% yield threshold that used to define the term junk bond. ❋ Unknown (2008)

More generally, the term junk DNA refers to ‘non coding’ DNA, that is DNA which is not directly expressed as proteins. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In this posting I will explore the term junk DNA, address some of the findings in research that DNA and junk DNA show “linguistic features” and show why ID remains fully vacuous since it cannot predict let alone explain “junk DNA”. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The same is true of other elements deemed junk, such as introns and RNA genes, which clearly hold important clues to understanding alternative splicing … the term junk DNA is frequently used incorrectly. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The term junk may be misleading, however, as this DNA may have other functions, such as regulating genes during development. ❋ Unknown (2002)

"The term junk science is a snarl word used by conservatives to verbally tar and feather anyone who dares to oppose a scientific theory (for example, global warming or evolution)." ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think the term junk science in the court room will pi$$ off jurors. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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