Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.
- anything that is attractive and diverting but of negligible substance: the junk food offered by daytime television.
noun
- food that is low in nutritional value, often highly processed or ready-prepared, and eaten instead of or in addition to well-balanced meals
n.
- Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value.
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]