1. A collection of miscellaneous items of little value
   "The attic was full of junk accumulated over the years"
    
2. [informal] Worthless material that is to be disposed of
   "The city implemented a new system for collecting and processing junk";
   - rubbish, trash, scrap, garbage, refuse
    
3. [informal] A product or production of poor quality
   "That movie was pure junk";
   - trash, clinker [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
   "The demolition left piles of junk scattered across the site";
   - debris, rubble, detritus
    
5. [informal] Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
   "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure junk";
   - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage
    
6. Any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
   "The traditional junk sailed gracefully across the harbour"
    
7. [informal] A narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush
   "The rehabilitation centre specialized in treating junk addiction";
   - heroin, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine

1. Dispose of (something useless or old)
   "junk an old car";
   - trash [informal], scrap

1. Member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism

Derived forms: Junkers

Type of: boat, cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, content, discard, dispose, fling, hard drug, message, opiate, Prussian, put away, subject matter, substance, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

Encyclopedia: Junk