junk pile
2
2.7
- noun
- /dʒʌŋk paɪl/
:
pila de basura
- After the storm, we discovered a junk pile of broken tree branches and debris in our backyard.
So I'm going to put this one back in my junk pile and then I'm going to take these ones about halfway.
- So I'm going to put this one back in my junk pile and then I'm going to take these ones about halfway.
Examples
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He reaches down, grabs a metal bar from the junk pile.
Fiction book (1992) -
Junk piles containing varieties of old computers, stray papers, auto parts, and innumerable campy knick-knacks reach high into the sky.
Blog text (12) -
Imagine that, people who don't know what something is for relegate it to the junk pile.
Blog text (19) -
She walks carefully around the junk piles.
Fiction book (1993) -
A homeless woman neatly carried one piece of the debris at a time from one junk pile to another as if she was going to make a fresh start.
Fiction book (2000) -
The children built a fort using old blankets and furniture they found in the junk pile.
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We decided to clean up the yard and take everything from the junk pile to the recycling center.
Synonyms
536
1.0
Material that people throw away after use, like food or packaging
444
1.0
Things people throw away because they are unwanted
426
1.9
A heap of things put together
302
4.1
Scattered broken pieces left after something is destroyed
53
1.1
A pile of things put on top of each other in no order
41
3.6
Things left around in an untidy way
22
1.0
Things people throw away because they are not wanted
3
4.2
A messy pile of old broken things people throw away
3
2.4
A pile of garbage and old things people throw away
2
2.6
Things like old or broken items that are thrown away
1
1.3
A heap of thrown away things like paper and bottles
1
2.3
A large pile of things that people have thrown away
1
2.7
A pile of waste and old things
1
5.4
A pile of old broken metal and other things kept to be thrown away
1
8.7
Unwanted old things or junk that make a place messy
1
9.9
A very dirty, messy pile of trash and broken things
A pile of rubbish left outside in one place
A pile of dust and old rubbish thrown away
Old or unwanted things thrown away
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an untidy heap of discarded objects' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'junk' (discarded or worthless objects) with 'pile' (a heap or accumulation). This simple noun+noun composition follows common compounding patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun junk pile paints a simple picture: junk is old or useless things and pile is a heap of them. So, junk pile means 'an untidy pile of thrown away objects'.