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Look up: JUNK

  1. Junk
    A junk is a sailing vessel employed by the Chinese, Japanese and Malays. The
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. junk
    [n] - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Junk
    Any unwanted object 'lost' down a well. Fishing may have to be done to remove it.
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  4. Junk
    Junk noun A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk . [ Colloq.] Lowell.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/16

  5. Junk
    Junk noun [ Portuguese junco junk, rush, Latin juncus a bulrush, of which ropes were made in early ages. Confer Junket .] 1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to p...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/16

  6. Junk
    Junk noun [ Portuguese junco ; confer Jav. & Malay jong , ajong , Chin. chwan .] (Nautical) 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/16

  7. junk
    1. 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. ... 2. Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc, bought and sold by junk dealers. ... 3. Hard salted beef supplied to ships. Junk bottle, a st...
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  8. Junk
    • (n.) Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers. • (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. • (n.) Hard salted beef supp...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. junk
    (from the article `cetacean`) ...by the spermaceti organ and a fatty (adipose) cushion, both of which somehow function in the emission of sound for echolocation and were known by ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/29

  10. junk
    classic Chinese sailing vessel of ancient unknown origin, still in wide use. High-sterned, with projecting bow, the junk carries up to five masts on ... [1 related articles]
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  11. Junk
    Junk is slang for heroin.
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  12. Junk
    Junk is slang for heroin.
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  13. Junk
    (ship) A `junk` is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensiv...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk

  14. Junk
    (novel) `Junk` (released as `Smack` in America) is a 1996 Carnegie Medal- and Guardian Award-winning novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teenagers who fall into heroin addiction and who embrace anarchism on the streets of Bristol, England. It...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk

  15. Junk
    (band) `Junk` is a British pop band. Their song "Life Is Good" has famously appeared in numerous films, including the 2003 movie Agent Cody Banks, the 2006 movie The Benchwarmers, the 2002 movie When In Rome, the 2007 movie "A Modern Twain Story: The Prince...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk

  16. Junk
    (song) "`Junk`" is a song written by Paul McCartney in 1968 while The Beatles were in India. It was originally under consideration for The Beatles (also known as the White Album). It was passed over for that LP, as it was for Abbey Road. It was eventually releas...
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  17. Junk
    (film) is a Japanese Yakuza Zombie movie directed by Atsushi Muroga. Shot in 1999 and produced by Japan Home Video, it is essentially a remake of a Japanese mafia movie called "Score" also directed by Muroga, but this time with zombies getting in the way of being paid for the heist....
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