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# junk

noun (junk); verb (junk, junks, junked, junking — informal, to throw away); noun (a junk, junks — a Chinese sailing boat)

«junk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Junk is old things that are not wanted, are broken or have no use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#m1)
2. Junk food is food with lots of sugar, salt or fat and little goodness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#m2)
3. Junk mail is advertising you did not ask for, on paper or by email. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#m3)
4. A junk is also a kind of wooden sailing boat from China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#m4)
5. A junk can also mean a thick lump or chunk of food, such as a piece of bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths, a word of the story; sometimes things sold or thrown away (take away), or junk food priced. In everyday life: clearing junk out of the garage, a junk shop, junk mail. In health, too much junk food is bad for you. In safety: junk email can be a scam, do not click its links. Phrases: «junk food», «junk mail», «junk shop», «full of junk».

### Examples

- He sold his junk for 20 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x1)
- They took 3 bags of junk to the dump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x2)
- Junk food costs 4 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x3)
- The garage is full of old junk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x4)
- Eating too much junk food is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x5)
- Mum deletes the junk mail without opening it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x6)
- We found an old clock in a junk shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x7)
- A junk sailed slowly across the harbour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x8)
- So she took Jack into the kitchen, and gave him a junk of bread and cheese and a jug of milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable when it means rubbish: «a lot of junk», not «junks». Usually no clue; throwing junk away takes away, selling it brings money in.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «junk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/junk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«junk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/junk.html) on Mova free.