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Litter

noun
/ˈlɪtə(ɹ)/
Word Frequency: 3.3

Definitions

1.nounA platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
2.noun(collective) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
3.nounMaterial used as bedding for animals.
"sleep in the litter"
4.nounCollectively, items discarded on the ground.
"drop litter"
5.nounAbsorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
"the cat's litter"
6.nounLayer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
7.nounA covering of straw for plants.
8.verbTo drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
"By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering."
9.verbTo scatter carelessly about.
10.verbTo strew (a place) with scattered articles.
11.verbTo give birth to, used of animals.
12.verbTo produce a litter of young.
13.verbTo supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
14.verbTo be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

Synonyms

cacoletpalanquinsedan chairstretchergarbagejunkrubbishtrashwastebeddingbedding materialgurney

Rhymes With

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