/ dʒʌŋk; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ U ] things that are considered useless or of little value
SYN rubbish / garbage :
I've cleared out all that old junk in the attic.
This china came from a junk shop .
There's nothing but junk on the TV.
➡ note at things
2.
[ U ] = junk food
3.
[ C ] a Chinese boat with a square sail and a flat bottom
■ verb
[ vn ] ( informal ) to get rid of sth because it is no longer valuable or useful
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WORD ORIGIN
noun senses 1 to 2 and verb late Middle English (denoting an old or inferior rope): of unknown origin. The current senses date from the mid 19th cent.
noun sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from obsolete French juncque or Portuguese junco , from Malay jong , reinforced by Dutch jonk .