junk mail en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, qualifier:postal, uncountable) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:I don't believe it. Junk mail that talks back.
1988 December 14, Stephen Wyatt, “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Part 1”, in Doctor Who, spoken by Dorothy ("Ace") McShane (Sophie Aldred):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| junk mails | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| junkmail | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
UCE · admail · spam · advertising mail · direct mail
Translations (27)
pl spam (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · sv skräppost (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · he דֹּאַר זֶבֶל (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ru нежела́тельная по́чта (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ka არასასურველი ელწერილი (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · fr pourriel (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · tr istenmeyen posta (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · fr courrier indésirable (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · cmn 垃圾郵件 /垃圾邮件 (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · de Spammail (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · pt lixo postal (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · mi mēra paraurehe (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · cmn 垃圾信 (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · hu levélszemét (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · de Junkmail (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ru джанк-ме́йл (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ja 迷惑メール (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · fi roskaposti (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · pt lixo eletrônico (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ko 정크 메일 (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · de Junk-Mail (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ru почто́вая макулату́ра (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ja ジャンクメール (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · es correo basura (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ru почто́вый му́сор (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · de unerwünschte Post (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) · ru макулату́рная по́чта (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited)