Synonyms for
junk
Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
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All Definitions for Junk

Below are all the dictionary definitions of junk:

1Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
2Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value.
3Nonsense
4Gibberish.
5Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
6The genitalia, especially of a male.
7A Chinese sailing vessel.
8To throw away.
9To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junkshop)
10Salt beef.
11Pieces 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.
12A fragment of any solid substance
13A thick piece
14A chunk.
15A surname.

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