junk

junk
[[t]ʤʌ̱ŋk[/t]]
junks, junking, junked
1) N-UNCOUNT: oft N n Junk is old and used goods that have little value and that you do not want any more.

Rose finds her furniture in junk shops...

What are you going to do with all that junk, Larry?

2) VERB If you junk something, you get rid of it or stop using it. [INFORMAL]

[V n] Consumers will not have to junk their old cassettes to use the new format...

[V n] The Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982.

Syn:
ditch, jettison
3) N-COUNT A junk is a Chinese sailing boat that has a flat bottom and square sails.

English dictionary. 2008.

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