junk

• Substantivo com vários significados: pode designar material descartado ou inútil, coisas velhas sem valor, lixo; também pode se referir a um tipo de embarcação chinesa de velas com desenho 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.

   Lixo

   • 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.

   Sinônimosclutterdebrisgarbagelitterrefuserubbishscraptrashwaste

2. Chinese sailing vesselB2formal

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

   Junco

   • 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 usado para indicar a ação de jogar fora, descartar ou se livrar de algo por considerá-lo inútil ou desnecessário. Também pode significar abandonar, cancelar ou descartar algo, como um plano ou projeto.

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.

   Jogar fora

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbinchuckdiscarddispose ofdumpget rid ofjettisonscrapthrow awaytrash

   Antônimoscherishkeeppreserveretainsavetreasure