A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk.
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.
Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.
Hard salted beef supplied to ships.
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.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison
Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard. Paul McCartney
Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy. William S. Burroughs
I was always a junk food person, still am. Dolly Parton
The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants. Mark Bittman
