junkmail

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word junkmail. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word junkmail, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say junkmail in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word junkmail you have here. The definition of the word junkmail will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjunkmail, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: junk mail

English

Noun

junkmail (countable and uncountable, plural junkmails)

  1. Alternative spelling of junk mail.
    • 1996, Fred L. Gardaphé, “An ‘Amazing’ Debut: Bill Tonelli”, in Dagoes Read: Tradition and the Italian/American Writer (Essay Series; 25), Toronto, Ont.: Guernica Editions Inc., →ISBN, page 214:
      His inspiration and direction are supplied by a piece of junkmail many of us have received and most of us have ignored — that postcard that says if you act quickly you can have the story of your family name and a list of all Americans sharing it for a pre-publication price of $29.95.
    • 1999, Helen Fielding, “ Wednesday 29 January”, in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 47:
      Does make me feel a bit feeble though, if mother is online and I’m not. I was on it but a company called GBH sent me 677 identical junkmails by mistake and have not been able to get any sense out of it since.
    • 2014, Sonya Hartnett, Golden Boys, Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 118:
      He has knocked the pile of junkmail from the counter, and the catalogues have slipped under the table and lodged among triangles of shattered plate.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia