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junk food
–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
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
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junk food n.
Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Language Translation for : junk food
Spanish:
comida basura,
German:
das Junkfood,
Japanese:
ジャンクフード
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.
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