junk

• Sustantivo con varios significados: puede referirse a material desechado o inútil, así como a un tipo de embarcación de vela china con diseño característico.

A noun with multiple meanings: it can refer to discarded or worthless material, or to a type of Chinese sailing vessel with a distinctive design.

1. Waste or discarded itemsA2informal

   Old or unwanted objects that have little or no value; rubbish.

   Basura, desechos o trastos

   • We cleared out all the junk from the attic.
   • His garage is full of old junk he never uses.
   • Don't buy that cheap junk; it will break in a week.

   Sinónimosclutterdebrisgarbagelitterrefuserubbishscraptrashwaste

2. Chinese sailing vesselB2formal

   A type of traditional Chinese sailing ship with a high stern and distinctive sails made of bamboo and cloth.

   Junco (embarcación china)

   • The museum displayed a model of an ancient Chinese junk.
   • Fishermen still use junks in some coastal regions of Asia.
   • The junk sailed gracefully across the harbor with its large lugsails.

• Verbo que se usa para indicar la acción de tirar, deshacerse o desechar algo por considerarlo inútil o que ya no se necesita.

A verb used to indicate the act of discarding, getting rid of, or throwing something away as worthless or no longer useful.

1. Dispose of or discardB1informal

   To get rid of something because it is no longer useful or wanted.

   desechar, tirar

   • I need to junk this old computer; it doesn't work anymore.
   • They junked the broken furniture during the move.
   • We decided to junk the project after it failed the test.

   Sinónimosbinchuckdiscarddispose ofdumpget rid ofjettisonscrapthrow awaytrash

   Antónimoscherishkeeppreserveretainsavetreasure