junk

1. 1.

   dispose of (something useless or old)

   “trash these old chairs”

   “junk an old car”

   “scrap your old computer”

   Synonymstrashscrap

   Broaderdiscard

Other forms of junk

plural

junks·

past tense

junked·

present participle

junking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about junk

What does junk mean?

junk means "the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in junk?

junk has 1 syllable: junk. In IPA it is /ˈdʒʌŋk/.

What is another word for junk?

Close synonyms include debris, dust, rubble, detritus, trash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is junk a common word?

junk is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.