Dictionary Entry
junk
junk is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.
- 2noun
Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
- 3noun
Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.
- 4noun
Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
- 5noun
A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.
- 6noun
any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
- 7noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- 8verb
dispose of (something useless or old)
"trash these old chairs"
"junk an old car"
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