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junk foods

junk foods is the plural of junk food.

Meaning of junk food

Noun

junk food (countable and uncountable, plural junk foods)

  1. (informal) 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.
    • The episode begins with a lifetime of junk food, beer and no exercise catching up with Homer in the form of painful heart contractions.2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club
    Synonyms:
    unfood

Questions about junk foods

What is junk foods the plural of?
Junk foods is the plural of junk food.

Words near junk foods in the dictionary

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  2. junk fee
  3. junk fees
  4. junk food
  5. junk food news
  6. junk foods
  7. junk gun
  8. junk guns
  9. junk head
  10. junk heads
  11. junk in one's trunk

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