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junk food

 
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–noun
1. food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.
2. anything that is attractive and diverting but of negligible substance: the junk food offered by daytime television.
Origin:
1970–75, Americanism

Related forms:
junk-food, adjective
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junk food  
n.  A high-calorie food that is low in nutritional value.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
junk food

  1. n.
    food that is typically high in fats and salt and low in nutritional value; food from a fast-food restaurant. : Junk food tastes good no matter how greasy it is.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

junk food n.
Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

junk food

Prepackaged snack food that is high in calories but low in nutritional value; also, anything attractive but negligible in value. For example, Nell loves potato chips and other junk food, or When I'm sick in bed I often resort to TV soap operas and similar junk food. [c. 1970]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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