Definition of junk Junk
/ʤʌˈŋk/ - [jungk] - junk
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NounPlural: junks |
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| junk - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails | ||
| boat a small vessel for travel on water | ||
| junk - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | ||
| debris, dust, rubble, detritus | ||
| rubbish, scrap, trash worthless material that is to be disposed of | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- junk (n.)
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk. - junk (n.)
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. - junk (n.)
Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers. - junk (n.)
Hard salted beef supplied to ships. - junk (n.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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junk
Unwanted or undesired material, usually discarded. -
junk
Worthless object of bad quality.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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junk
jungk, n. a Chinese vessel, with high forecastle and poop, sometimes large and three-masted. [Port. junco—Chinese chw‛an, a boat.] -
junk
jungk, n. pieces of old cordage, used for making mats, &c., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for the seams of ships: salt meat supplied to vessels for long voyages, so called because it becomes as hard as old rope.—ns. Junk′-deal′er, Junk′man, a dealer in junk; Junk′-ring, a metal ring confining a fibrous piston-packing; Junk′-shop, a place where junk is bought and sold. [L. juncus, a rush.] -
junk
jungk, n. a thick piece, chunk. [Chunk.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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junk
bouts de cable, a name given to any remnants or pieces of old cable, which is usually cut into small portions for the purpose of making points, mats, gaskets, sennit, &c. See POINTS, &c.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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junk
The Chinese junk is the largest vessel built by that nation, and at one period exceeding in tonnage any war-vessels then possessed by England. The extreme beam is one-third from the stern; it shows no stem, it being chamfered off. The bow on deck is square, over which the anchors slide fore and aft. Having no keel, and being very full at the stern, a huge rudder is suspended, which at sea is lowered below the depth of the bottom. The masts are immense, in one piece. The cane sails are lug and heavy. The hull is divided into water-tight compartments, like tanks.--Junk is also any remnants or pieces of old cable, or condemned rope, cut into small portions for the purpose of making points, mats, swabs, gaskets, sinnet, oakum, and the like (which see). Also, a dense cellular tissue in the head of the sperm-whale, infiltrated with spermaceti. Also, salt beef, as tough to the teeth as bits of rope, whence the epithet.
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