Phrase Hound found 70 phrases and 52 compound words that contain junk. The most common are listed below. Open junk in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 70
- junk mailAny mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.
- junk foodFood with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.
- piece of junkUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, junk.
- junk emailJunk mail taking the form of email.
- junk bondA bond (an instrument of debt) which is considered below "investment grade" due to a significant risk of default by the issuer. The interest rate is higher in order to compensate holders for that risk.
- junk DNAAny portion of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome with no apparent function identified by science to date.
- junk drawerA drawer designated for the storage of various miscellaneous, small, useful items of little value.
- junk scienceAssertions or methods that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of scientific legitimacy.
- hunk of junkA worthless or malfunctioning piece of mechanical or electrical equipment.
- pieces of junkplural of piece of junk: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, of, junk.
- Junk CeylonFormer name of Phuket.
- junk bondsplural of junk bond: A bond (an instrument of debt) which is considered below "investment grade" due to a significant risk of default by the issuer. The interest rate is higher in order to compensate holders for that risk.
- junk feeA fee that is not disclosed openly until the time of payment.
- junk feesplural of junk fee: A fee that is not disclosed openly until the time of payment.
- junk foodsplural of junk food: Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.
- junk gunSynonym of Saturday-night special: An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun.
- junk gunsplural of junk gun: An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun.
- junk headAlternative form of junkhead (“kind of piston engine cylinder head”).
- junk newsSynonym of junk food news: News stories consisting of sensationalized trivia rather than serious and responsible journalism.
- junk shopA shop selling cheap, normally second-hand, goods.
- junk timeSynonym of garbage time: The period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will often decide to replace their best players …
- junk titleA form of vehicle title branding, which notes that a vehicle can only be used for parts or scrap, and is not to be repaired to roadworthy conditions.
- junk yardAlternative spelling of junkyard: A place where rubbish is discarded.
- space junkSpace debris.
- junk in the trunkCorpulence of the buttocks.
Compound words 52
- junkerA young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
- junkmanA seller of junk (miscellaneous articles of low value).
- junqueUsed items offered or potentially offered for sale of unknown, but probably low value.
- junkspaceAlternative form of Junkspace.
- junkmobileAn old, worn-out car.
- antijunkOpposing junk mail.
- junkaholicA person who accumulates and stores large quantities of junk.
- junkboxA radio operator's collection of miscellaneous equipment.
- junkballA deliberately slow shot.
- junklessFree from junk.