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junkfood

junkfood is the alternative form 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

Forms of junkfood

pluraljunkfoods

Questions about junkfood

What is junkfood the alternative form of?
Junkfood is the alternative form of junk food.

Words near junkfood in the dictionary

  1. junkets
  2. junketted
  3. junketting
  4. junkettings
  5. junkety
  6. junkfood
  7. junkfoods
  8. junkhead
  9. junkheads
  10. junkheap
  11. junkheaps

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